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Recent Examples of blindness
Even with a low fatality rate, the virus can cause lasting complications, including brain damage, neurological problems, and blindness.
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Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Consuming the chemical can result in difficulty breathing, blindness, dizziness, seizures, severe abdominal pain and death.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially fatal airborne virus that can affect people of any age and cause an array of complications, including deafness, blindness and brain inflammation.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Syphilis can damage organs such as the heart and brain, and can lead to blindness, deafness, and even death.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Nearly 3 percent of children under 18 years have blindness or vision impairment, defined as trouble seeing even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Also, the scene where Pi hallucinates blindness and a talking Richard Parker (in French, oddly) is terrific.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
This year’s event features legendary rock band Jefferson Starship, offering guests a one-of-a-kind evening of music, fine dining, and philanthropy in support of groundbreaking research to cure childhood blindness, according to a news release.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Lumata Health, which aims to end preventable blindness for people facing chronic eye disease, named Nastran Andersen chief growth officer.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Suhail Bhat, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
Consuming the chemical can result in difficulty breathing, blindness, dizziness, seizures, severe abdominal pain and death.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Measles is a highly contagious and potentially fatal airborne virus that can affect people of any age and cause an array of complications, including deafness, blindness and brain inflammation.
—Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Syphilis can damage organs such as the heart and brain, and can lead to blindness, deafness, and even death.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
Nearly 3 percent of children under 18 years have blindness or vision impairment, defined as trouble seeing even when wearing glasses or contact lenses.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Also, the scene where Pi hallucinates blindness and a talking Richard Parker (in French, oddly) is terrific.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2025
This year’s event features legendary rock band Jefferson Starship, offering guests a one-of-a-kind evening of music, fine dining, and philanthropy in support of groundbreaking research to cure childhood blindness, according to a news release.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Lumata Health, which aims to end preventable blindness for people facing chronic eye disease, named Nastran Andersen chief growth officer.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindness
Noun
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Abraham’s note, reflecting on The Gettin’ and the aftershocks of state violence, refused to let celebration slip into amnesia.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Does everyone on this show have collective amnesia?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But some degree of forgetfulness is a normal part of life.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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According to her, his reaction wasn’t just forgetfulness but entitlement.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In other words, Steve is a lot to play, and the Oscar-winner throws himself into every forlorn expression, every kindly mentoring session, every manic bit of rushing to and fro as chaos reigns around him, every stumbling step toward self-medicating into oblivion.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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But regardless of how things play out, the media business appears to be entering an era in which network affiliates are not sitting back and waiting for the sector to disappear into oblivion.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Blindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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