as in unsighted
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as in dazed
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Verb
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For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025 -
However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Schimmel is now legally blind, as the location of the brain tumor caused a backup of spinal fluid which injured his optic nerve, Johnson explains.—
Wendy Grossman Kantor,
People.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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But the rising price of gold tells us something different: future inflation is brewing, and our central bank is blind to it.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The total solar eclipse dazzled New Hampshire's North Country.—
Natalie Escobar,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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Meryl Streep dazzled in Valentino, Michelle Yeoh rocked Bottega Veneta with new bangs, Emily in Paris‘ Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu sashayed in sculptural Schiaparelli.—
Alison Edmond,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The swimwear shoot, published in the November 1991 issue, famously featured Crawford in a dark one-piece and heels standing on a public monument in the luxe Monégasque district, as well as erotically laying on stage in front of three blindfolded musicians.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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That's why a woman online, bad at gift-wrapping, asked her wife to wrap her own gifts—but blindfolded.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
23 Dec. 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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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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