: the quality of the images of celestial bodies observed telescopically
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Examples of seeing in a Sentence
Conjunction
seeing as we're already running late, there's no reason to waste any more time
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Michael Rosenwald, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Expect firsthand accounts from museum employees, and be wary of the faux-marble swirls in the columns, where visitors have reported seeing faces.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
The news was unexpected to some seeing as Braxton recently celebrated Robinson’s birthday by gifting him a billboard in New York City.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
So the act of seeing, ole, being an internal activity, had to be eole.
—Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
The first is on the cover, which is time stamped A/W 2023, which seems a bit ironic seeing that for the most part the clothing in the magazine was pulled from personal wardrobes and thus largely out of time—and out of (commercial) circulation.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
The Conjuring Universe is most frequently about faith, seeing and vision, both physically and psychically.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
To properly care for the towels, the brand recommends washing them separately in cold water and then tumble drying them on a low heat seeing.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
Deciding this seeing without using eyes would be a capital way to make a fortune at casinos, Henry puts all this energy into following the method laid out in the doctor’s account of Khan’s practice.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
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Noun
Despite difficulty hearing and seeing, Mrs. Jara sat through days of testimony in 2016 watching witnesses describe the atrocities Barrientos Núñez allegedly committed.
—Michael Rosenwald, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
Expect firsthand accounts from museum employees, and be wary of the faux-marble swirls in the columns, where visitors have reported seeing faces.
—Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
The news was unexpected to some seeing as Braxton recently celebrated Robinson’s birthday by gifting him a billboard in New York City.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
So the act of seeing, ole, being an internal activity, had to be eole.
—Anvita Abbi, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
The first is on the cover, which is time stamped A/W 2023, which seems a bit ironic seeing that for the most part the clothing in the magazine was pulled from personal wardrobes and thus largely out of time—and out of (commercial) circulation.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2023
The Conjuring Universe is most frequently about faith, seeing and vision, both physically and psychically.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
To properly care for the towels, the brand recommends washing them separately in cold water and then tumble drying them on a low heat seeing.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
Deciding this seeing without using eyes would be a capital way to make a fortune at casinos, Henry puts all this energy into following the method laid out in the doctor’s account of Khan’s practice.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023
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“Seeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seeing. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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seeing
conjunction
see·ing
ˈsē-iŋ
: in consideration of the fact that
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