How to Use hyperopia in a Sentence

hyperopia

noun

• In hyperopia, light focuses behind the retina instead of directly on it.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
• Complicating matters is that mild hyperopia can be subtle, especially in younger people.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
• Before middle age, the two main vision disorders are myopia and hyperopia, or nearsightedness and farsightedness.
  — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
• Farsightedness, also known as hyperopia, is another type of refractive error – but the focusing problem occurs in the opposite direction.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
• Indeed, estimates vary depending on age and how hyperopia is measured, but the National Eye Institute reports that farsightedness affects roughly 5% to 10% of Americans today.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026