sighted

adjective

sight·ed ˈsī-təd

Synonyms of sighted next

: having sight

clear-sighted

a sighted person

Examples of sighted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The iNaturalist system is far more accurate for more commonly sighted species and far less so for rare ones. —

Rebecca Heilweil, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Aug. 2023 Advertisement Goalies are sighted, primarily for safety reasons, and also serve as guides for the center back, whose job is to disrupt opposing attacks on goal. —

Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2023 Slaughter, however, said socializing never became a problem for her and maintained her sighted friends from back in Panama City, as well as friends from the School for the Deaf and Blind. —

Ryan Michaels, al, 18 June 2023 The skies over the Arctic garnered national attention when a series of flying objects were sighted or shot down over Alaska and Canada. —

Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023 The Carl Gustav consists of a reusable sighted launch tube capable of firing an unguided 84-millimeter diameter anti-bunker, anti-armor, or anti-personnel projectile. —

Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2022 The National Weather Service Miami issued a tornado warning for parts of Broward County after a waterspout was sighted and approached shore. —

Kathy Laskowski, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2023 Their boat, called Ocean Bound, has not been sighted, and search and rescue crews have contacted port officials across Mexico, including in Baja California, to alert them about the missing sailors, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. —

Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023 Their boat, the Ocean Bound, has not been sighted, and search and rescue crews have contacted port officials across Mexico, including in Baja California, to alert them about the missing sailors, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. —

Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2023 See More

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