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• Graphing the brightness of a star’s spectrum made the measurement of colors far more accurate than can be done by eye.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2023
• Even then, the growth rings were too narrow to be examined effectively by eye.
  — Anna Gibbs, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2023
• Back near the Golden Gate, at the Coast Guard station, sailors monitor fog by eye and experience.
  — John Branch, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2022
• Yet the spill of information and distraction that comes at us by eye has grown and grown ceaselessly for two decades, without any sign of a halt or plateau.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 20 May 2020
• Steel Hornets also confirmed that bomb aiming is still carried out by eye.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
• Microvascular disease, as seen by eye exam or by MRI, increases your risk of a stroke.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022
• The test’s simpler process requires fewer materials and less equipment; the results can be read by eye within an hour.
  — Kate Sheridan, STAT, 6 Aug. 2020
• Human beings have spotted supernovae by eye for thousands of years.
  — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2020
• Annual physical check-ups were next at 27%, followed by eye exams at 25%.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 23 Feb. 2021
• Binoculars or a telescope collect more light than your eyes can, which transforms some of the brighter stars that still appear white by eye into a rainbow array of celestial jewels.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2023
• Pot often makes a person’s eyes turn red, but this can also be caused by eye fatigue, allergies, and other common irritants.
  — Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• Proteins also contain large amounts of information that are difficult to assess by eye.
  — Eva Amsen, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• In a profession known for meticulous planning and preparation, coaches like Reno and McCarthy are traveling through lands for which no road map exists, trying to build by eye and ear, without a blueprint.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 17 Aug. 2020
• For consumers, the passthrough headset will primarily be an entertainment device because of its limited battery life and fatigue caused by eye strain or weight.
  — Jason Yim, Forbes, 4 May 2023
• If, say, Vega (which is almost directly overhead for most Northern Hemisphere observers after sunset in August) looks washed out by eye, try taking a peek through binoculars.
  — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2023
• When lunar seismic data were first collected and analyzed in the 1970s, researchers like Nakamura interpreted them by eye, holding the jagged lines of seismograms over a light table.
  — Julia Rosen, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2016
• The inspection came after a multistate outbreak of rare and extensively drug-resistant bacteria linked by eye drops made by the company, which were branded as EzriCare and Delsam Pharma.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 16 Nov. 2023
• So, Prerau wondered, what if scientists expanded their analysis of sleep brain waves beyond what is easily identifiable by eye?
  — Lucy Tu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
• Conditions on Saturday helped give access by eye to relatively distant vistas.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
• That work involves conducting old-fashioned blood tests that generate a complicated, multidimensional matrix of data that only a small number of experts in the world can interpret by eye.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2022
• Saïd Yousfi, a meteorite collector and dealer in Morocco, agrees magnets will remain a fixture of the Saharan meteorite-hunting culture—despite the fact that most local hunters are skilled enough to identify meteorites by eye.
  — Byzack Savitsky, science.org, 6 Apr. 2023
• Is the hot toddy a simple concoction, mothered by necessity and measured by eye, best thrown together by a gruff septuagenarian and served to shivering travelers who’ve stumbled into a down-at-heel pub, seeking respite from the sleet?
  — M. Carrie Allan, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
• The Kremlin has suggested that the scenes out of Bucha, reported publicly by eye witnesses, reporters, and Ukrainian government officials, were fabricated -- a tactic used repeatedly by Russian officials.
  — Conor Finnegan, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024