as in unsighted
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as in dazed
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Verb
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For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025 -
However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Healthy Skepticism Optimism drives startups, but blind optimism can be dangerous.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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His next book, A Drop of Patience, narrated by a blind jazz musician, was a formal experiment: to write a novel with no visual information.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Dorothy Dandridge, who dazzled Hollywood but was cast aside too soon.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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Are theater owners no longer dazzled by star power?—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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For many executives, driving a successful strategy initiative feels like navigating a maze blindfolded.—
Alex Brueckmann,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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In Um Bada, an area recently retaken by the Sudanese army that's close to Khartoum, NPR witnessed six blindfolded young men under arrest, walking single file into a residence where the army was based.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Apr. 2015
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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