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as in blinded
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as in myopic
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Adjective
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Its myopic demands for repayment of its war debts contributed to the financial fragility that led to the shattering global financial crisis of 1931.—
Jonathan Kirshner,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Jan. 2025 -
The special relationship between belay partners is what elevates climbing from a myopic pursuit of personal excellence to a reciprocal experience.—
Lucie Hanes,
Outside Online,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Adding more debt without addressing these economic realities is shortsighted.—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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Forcing compliance by humiliating countries that wish to be partners is extraordinarily foolish and shortsighted.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The nearsighted construction worker, who doesn’t have vision insurance, said it’s been hard to find work recently and he’s had to prioritize other expenses.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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The display's focus can also be manually adjusted to accommodate nearsighted users.—
Will Greenwald,
PCMAG,
18 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2015
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That makes for quick, sightless control of both radio volume and climate temperature.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2024
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“Purblind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purblind. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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