plural blinders
1
: either of two flaps on a horse's bridle to keep it from seeing objects at its sides
2
blinders plural
: a limitation or obstruction to sight or discernment
3
British, informal
: something (such as an athletic play) dazzlingly excellent or remarkable
Andrew Chidgey (58) held the Stapleton innings together and Ghulam Shabbir briefly threatened with a lively 23 but Timsbury held some important catches, including a blinder from Greg Passingham …—
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Bath ChronicleExamples of blinder in a Sentence
Their team played a blinder to beat us in the closing seconds of the match.
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The Padres would be wise to work with blinders, a season after their own payroll and expectations amplified each and every misfire.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Accepting one of three BAFTA awards for the film earlier this month in London, the producer James Wilson acknowledged those blinders, becoming one of the few artists this season to mention the current situation directly.
—Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The White House Situation Room could do something similar, in hopes of improving debate there, by removing the participants’ cognitive and emotional blinders.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Or, perhaps it should be said, while wearing a thick set of blinders.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Most of the artists in Golden’s shows at the Whitney have become prominent in a transformed art world where, now that the blinders are off, there is no doubt about the importance and centrality of their work in America’s cultural history.
—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
To make that claim without simultaneously showing growing credit debt and shrinking savings, especially for retirement, reminds me of a horse wearing blinders.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
Jennie wanted to remain isolated from the changes that are happening and put blinders on.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
For decades, Rolling Stone gripped tight to the beliefs and cultural blinders of that boomer beginning.
—Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2024
Accepting one of three BAFTA awards for the film earlier this month in London, the producer James Wilson acknowledged those blinders, becoming one of the few artists this season to mention the current situation directly.
—Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
The White House Situation Room could do something similar, in hopes of improving debate there, by removing the participants’ cognitive and emotional blinders.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Or, perhaps it should be said, while wearing a thick set of blinders.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2024
Most of the artists in Golden’s shows at the Whitney have become prominent in a transformed art world where, now that the blinders are off, there is no doubt about the importance and centrality of their work in America’s cultural history.
—Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
To make that claim without simultaneously showing growing credit debt and shrinking savings, especially for retirement, reminds me of a horse wearing blinders.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Jan. 2024
Jennie wanted to remain isolated from the changes that are happening and put blinders on.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2023
For decades, Rolling Stone gripped tight to the beliefs and cultural blinders of that boomer beginning.
—Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
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blinder
noun
blind·er
ˈblīn-dər 
: either of two leather flaps on a horse's bridle to keep it from seeing to the side
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