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In overview remarks at the meeting’s onset, NASA’s Lori Glaze, head of the space agency’s planetary science division, offered a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges ahead and advised vigilance.
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Leonard David, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
But the loss in Ohio does occasion a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges the pro-life movement faces now and what will likely be a long battle ahead.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
Current and former government officials proffered a clear-eyed, and often depressing, take Tuesday on the state of clinical trials, the pharmaceutical industry, and biotech investors coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 7 Nov. 2023
Another clear-eyed presence is former missionary Dan Everett, who traces his decades among hunter-gatherers in the Amazon.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
That’s no small achievement for him and the others, but Peters was clear-eyed about where things stand.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
Addams conceived of juvenile court with a clear-eyed mission to rehabilitate the child.
—Meribah Knight, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2023
All in all, that’s a fairly clear-eyed take on the predicament the Republican Party finds itself in now.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
Gallagher warns university presidents to be 'clear-eyed' on China threat to campuses ...
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
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Leonard David, Scientific American, 14 Nov. 2023
But the loss in Ohio does occasion a clear-eyed assessment of the challenges the pro-life movement faces now and what will likely be a long battle ahead.
—The Editors, National Review, 8 Nov. 2023
Current and former government officials proffered a clear-eyed, and often depressing, take Tuesday on the state of clinical trials, the pharmaceutical industry, and biotech investors coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
—Nicholas Florko, STAT, 7 Nov. 2023
Another clear-eyed presence is former missionary Dan Everett, who traces his decades among hunter-gatherers in the Amazon.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
That’s no small achievement for him and the others, but Peters was clear-eyed about where things stand.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Oct. 2023
Addams conceived of juvenile court with a clear-eyed mission to rehabilitate the child.
—Meribah Knight, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2023
All in all, that’s a fairly clear-eyed take on the predicament the Republican Party finds itself in now.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2023
Gallagher warns university presidents to be 'clear-eyed' on China threat to campuses ...
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1530, in the meaning defined above
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“Clear-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clear-eyed. Accessed 1 Dec. 2023.
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