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Recent Examples of blindness
This assistance includes support for children with autism, blindness, deafness, emotional and developmental disabilities and students with orthopedic impairments.
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K. Ward Cummings, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The same blindness appeared yet again on October 7, 2023, when Israel, one of the world’s most advanced intelligence powers, ignored evidence of Hamas’s preparations for a deadly attack.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
In addition, raccoon feces may contain Baylisascaris roundworm eggs, which can infect humans and lead to nerve damage or blindness.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Over time more than half of people with diabetes develop diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to vision loss and blindness.
—Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
At 4, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that leads to eventual blindness.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 Oct. 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, 14 Oct. 2025
Hospitals are also reporting rapid-onset blindness, irreversible comas and organ failure within hours of ingestion.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
K. Ward Cummings, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The same blindness appeared yet again on October 7, 2023, when Israel, one of the world’s most advanced intelligence powers, ignored evidence of Hamas’s preparations for a deadly attack.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
In addition, raccoon feces may contain Baylisascaris roundworm eggs, which can infect humans and lead to nerve damage or blindness.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Over time more than half of people with diabetes develop diabetic retinopathy, which can lead to vision loss and blindness.
—Liz Szabo, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
At 4, she was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare degenerative eye disease that leads to eventual blindness.
—Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 14 Oct. 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, 14 Oct. 2025
Hospitals are also reporting rapid-onset blindness, irreversible comas and organ failure within hours of ingestion.
—Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindness
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Another study found that creatine can help support those with traumatic brain injuries, showing improvements in amnesia, headaches and fatigue.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Kwan’s ex-fiancée, Molly (Dianne Doan), who developed amnesia after a car accident several years prior, strolls into Grey Sloan and the two attempt a relationship again … until Kwan learns that Molly’s using him in hopes of getting her memories back.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 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
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Then there’s the gutting ending, which is about oblivion, how everything disappears, including our referents.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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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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“Blindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindness. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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