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a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms
in spring the melting snows usually produce a cataract that inundates the valley
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Recent Examples of cataract
The formation of cataracts is a natural part of aging.
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Doctors will check a person’s vision and also check for glaucoma, cataracts and signs of other health conditions such as diabetes.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Non-prescription colored contact lenses often lack the necessary sterility and proper fit, according to Ashley Brissette, MD, MSC, an ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon based in New York.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
Unlike traditional cataract surgery, which relies on manual incisions and ultrasonic tools, laser cataract surgery uses high-tech laser systems to perform many steps of the procedure, says Dello Russo.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
Doctors will check a person’s vision and also check for glaucoma, cataracts and signs of other health conditions such as diabetes.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Non-prescription colored contact lenses often lack the necessary sterility and proper fit, according to Ashley Brissette, MD, MSC, an ophthalmologist and cataract surgeon based in New York.
—Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
Unlike traditional cataract surgery, which relies on manual incisions and ultrasonic tools, laser cataract surgery uses high-tech laser systems to perform many steps of the procedure, says Dello Russo.
—Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cataract
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As does the final image in the episode, in which Irving appears to be pulled toward the waterfall and cliffs of Woe’s Hollow, becoming one with the earth like Dieter Egan before him.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Guided nature walks and hikes provided up-close encounters with more of the region’s flora and fauna, as well as the opportunity to swim in the rushing waters of one of the property’s majestic waterfalls.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Feb. 2025
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For example, the agency would ensure water and sewer systems could handle bigger floods, or would plan to inoculate against diseases that might spread faster in warm weather.—
Jake Bittle,
WIRED,
8 Feb. 2025
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Every minute, two garbage trucks' worth of plastic flood [enter] into the oceans.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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But that email and a cascade of follow up messages, FAQs and the resignation agreement language are mired in ambiguities and contradictions, labor law experts said.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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But rather than absolute quiet, Fichtner’s cable picked up two cascades of minute ice quakes.—
ByPaul Voosen,
science.org,
6 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Trump spent most of his 40 minutes speaking to roughly 1,000 supporters in a casino ballroom lauding his win in November, mocking former President Biden’s administration and touting his torrent of executive actions since taking office.—
Will Weissert and Thomas Beaumont,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2025
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Simply flooding the zone with the world’s best AI chips without establishing guardrails against diversion and misuse by U.S. adversaries risks unleashing a torrent of those chips—and the remote high-performance compute capacity enabled by them—flowing back to China.—
Colin H. Kahl,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Cataract.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cataract. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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