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Recent Examples of blindness
The organization works with people who have lost their vision, teaching them that blindness does not have to limit independence or opportunity.
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Tori Mason, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
The condition is an emergency that can lead to blindness if not treated.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
But their blindness to consequences, and habit of having conversations in public leaves them vulnerable to law enforcement.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2026
Qualifying conditions include blindness, as defined by the Social Security Administration, along with a variety of other physical and mental conditions such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
What collections like this reveal is how the discipline’s behavioral approach creates a kind of blindness.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bosma's main goal, Russell said, is to change the cultural stigma surrounding blindness.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 28 Dec. 2025
If left untreated, foreign objects can migrate, rupture the eyeball, and cause blindness.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
Such blindness was nothing new.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
Tori Mason, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
The condition is an emergency that can lead to blindness if not treated.
—Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
But their blindness to consequences, and habit of having conversations in public leaves them vulnerable to law enforcement.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2026
Qualifying conditions include blindness, as defined by the Social Security Administration, along with a variety of other physical and mental conditions such as Autistic Spectrum Disorder and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
What collections like this reveal is how the discipline’s behavioral approach creates a kind of blindness.
—Jason Blakely, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Bosma's main goal, Russell said, is to change the cultural stigma surrounding blindness.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 28 Dec. 2025
If left untreated, foreign objects can migrate, rupture the eyeball, and cause blindness.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 24 Dec. 2025
Such blindness was nothing new.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blindness
Noun
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Shin Si-ah in a bittersweet high-school romance centered on a girl with anterograde amnesia whose memories reset each morning.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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This environmental amnesia allows critics to focus entirely on costs while ignoring the laws’ very real benefits and achievements.—
James Salzman,
The Conversation,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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There’s a dangerous, stubborn forgetfulness in the vaunted Land of Sunshine.—
Elizabeth A. Logan,
The Conversation,
29 Dec. 2025
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More powerful than the noise of breaking news or the forgetfulness of scrolling.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Tarr told his sweeping film in chapters, and the prolonged runtime was crucial to the story’s power, showing an entire world devolving into hopelessness and oblivion, practically in real time.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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But automobiles with manual transmission appear to be on a road to oblivion as technology transforms cars into computers on wheels.—
Michael Liedtke,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blindness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blindness. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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