as in dazed
to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Recent Examples of blinded
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Magellan was not so much a bloodthirsty tyrant, but something worse — a very regular man poisoned by ambition and blinded by faith.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
The Dutch audience – blinded to who had received which drink – ultimately judged the alcohol group more fluent, most likely because mild alcohol reduces anxiety.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Hubris blinded two of the most consequential figures of modern liberalism, and Democratic leaders, complicit in silence, compounded the error.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
But Thug is too blinded by his own ego to realize any of that.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025
The rest of us were blinded by those concertgoers’ screens, and mere extras in their photo shoots.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
And the time when his friendly relationship with Bashar al-Assad blinded him to the devastation the Syrian leader was prepared to visit upon his people.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
She's so blinded by that anger and that rage.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
That total commitment has not blinded Leclerc.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Magellan was not so much a bloodthirsty tyrant, but something worse — a very regular man poisoned by ambition and blinded by faith.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
The Dutch audience – blinded to who had received which drink – ultimately judged the alcohol group more fluent, most likely because mild alcohol reduces anxiety.
—New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Hubris blinded two of the most consequential figures of modern liberalism, and Democratic leaders, complicit in silence, compounded the error.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
But Thug is too blinded by his own ego to realize any of that.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Sep. 2025
The rest of us were blinded by those concertgoers’ screens, and mere extras in their photo shoots.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
And the time when his friendly relationship with Bashar al-Assad blinded him to the devastation the Syrian leader was prepared to visit upon his people.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
She's so blinded by that anger and that rage.
—EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
Verb
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Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.—
Georgea Kovanis,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The young men in Bruins blue and gold staggering off the field afterwards dazed, confused.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The company has been an AI infrastructure provider and stunned Wall Street earlier this month by reaching a $300 billion deal with OpenAI, which will purchase computing power over about five years in one of the largest cloud contracts ever signed.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The reaction online stunned Carrizales.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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See the northern lights from mid-August to late April, and be dazzled by the expansive night sky.—
Maryam Siddiqi,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, the regional-rap enthusiasts initially dazzled by early gems like 2014’s Rich Gang project Tha Tour Part 1 and 2015’s Barter 6 eventually fussed over the quality of his work.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The shutdown means the Fed will be partially flying blind with investors expecting the central bank's second rate cut of the year later this month and another decrease in December.—
Sean Conlon,Pia Singh,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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The product can be purchased via blind auction starting Tuesday.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Initially, Patricia had been kept blindfolded and tied to a chair in the same house where José was tortured.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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After that, another trip — this time, backward and blindfolded.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
Adjective
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Then there’s the additional intrigue of just how Bocelli makes his way through the world, as a sightless person, constantly on the go.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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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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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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