: 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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Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
There are those who would say that seeing, witnessing, is a lever of doing.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
Flight seeing, air taxis, light cargo deliveries and the like will flourish.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
So which twists were the cast of Survivor 45 (airing Wednesdays on CBS) most dreading seeing on their season?
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
This condition makes seeing in dim or dark settings difficult because your eyes cannot adjust to changes in brightness or detect light.
—Matthew Solan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
The Democratic National Convention made South Carolina the primary launching pad seeing as how the state and its Black voter base revived Biden's chances back in 2020.
—Devyani Chhetri, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
First off, the contact lenses Lee wore made seeing near-impossible, but most astounding of all was the fact Dracula didn't have a single line of dialogue in the film — not one word!
—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Named after the mystical seeing stones in The Lord of the Rings, Palantir sells the same aura of omniscience.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
Noun
That, surprisingly, hasn’t gone out of fashion and no matter how much technology evolves, many people still believe that the experience of going down to a flower shop – e.g. seeing, feeling, and smelling everything themselves before buying – is an experience unlike any other.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
There are those who would say that seeing, witnessing, is a lever of doing.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2024
Flight seeing, air taxis, light cargo deliveries and the like will flourish.
—Michael Barnard, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
So which twists were the cast of Survivor 45 (airing Wednesdays on CBS) most dreading seeing on their season?
—EW.com, 8 Nov. 2023
This condition makes seeing in dim or dark settings difficult because your eyes cannot adjust to changes in brightness or detect light.
—Matthew Solan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
The Democratic National Convention made South Carolina the primary launching pad seeing as how the state and its Black voter base revived Biden's chances back in 2020.
—Devyani Chhetri, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
First off, the contact lenses Lee wore made seeing near-impossible, but most astounding of all was the fact Dracula didn't have a single line of dialogue in the film — not one word!
—Steven Thrash, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2023
Named after the mystical seeing stones in The Lord of the Rings, Palantir sells the same aura of omniscience.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
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seeing
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see·ing
ˈsē-iŋ
: in consideration of the fact that
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