as in watchful
having unusually keen vision the hawkeyed driver spotted the state trooper lying in wait for unwary speeders

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Recent Examples of hawkeyed Young staffers on liberal political campaigns often display the slightly censorious cheerfulness of a resident-hall adviser, but the Warren organizers possessed a hawkeyed attention to detail and the essential American energy of malaria eradicators. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawkeyed
Adjective
  • Caption with Intention has been a project in the pipeline since 2019 under the watchful eye of Bruno Mazzotti, an Executive Creative Director at FCB Chicago who, having grown up in Brazil with two deaf parents, identifies as a real-life CODA as in the 2022 Oscar-winning film of the same title.
    Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Nine other members of the American team are there, under the watchful eye of Bradley and his vice-captains.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Many of these guests were not aware of CGTN’s links to Beijing.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That’s why Marino would like more people to be aware of MASH and get checked for it.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Hawkeyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawkeyed. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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