blinds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blind
as in stuns
to overpower with light the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants

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noun

plural of blind
1
as in nooks

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as in smoke screens

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Recent Examples of blinds
Verb
As the United States blinds itself, foreign adversaries are expanding their efforts. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 As rain blinds the sailors, the coach watches a bird’s-eye digital tracking map, dynamic laylines, and a live stream of over 1,200 telemetry points broadcast from the boat every second. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 But the legacy of the modernist academic-cultural complex blinds us to the mimetic spirit of this new technical logic. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Odysseus blinds the Cyclops and escapes Circe with the help of a magic herb, but not before losing some of his men. — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 After Odysseus blinds him and later reveals his true identity, Polyphemus calls on Poseidon to curse the rest of the hero’s voyage home. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026 Dust blinds every two weeks and clean them at least twice each year to maintain a fresh, healthy home. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 1 July 2026 Gartner predicts that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027, and analyst Anushree Verma noted that most are driven by hype that blinds organizations to real deployment complexity. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 The way that Nathan’s wealth and ideology blinds him to the implications and risks of his technology is eerily similar to the behavior of contemporary techworld figures like Palantir’s Alex Karp. — David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinds
  1. stuns
  2. nooks
  3. fronts
  4. dazzles
  5. recesses
  6. frauds
  7. overwhelms
  8. nests
Verb
  • Haslet Eaton stuns Keller Central Haslet Eaton upset Keller Central on Thursday, earning a 28-27 victory in a thriller.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Innanen stuns as Paul Baker — full name all the time — a Canadian newcomer to the group who becomes integral to his friends’ emotional processing all while operating as the resident Gen-Z eye candy.
    — CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuns
Noun
  • Step into the workplaces of artists like potter Paul Eshelman and several others in the towns and scenic nooks surrounding Galena.
    — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 14 Oct. 2026
  • At the offices, Karp steered me briskly past open-plan tables and upholstered nooks, past signage announcing corporate fun.
    — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of nooks
Noun
  • Aerodynamic improvements mostly focus on trailer fronts and sides.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Parallel military campaigns could stretch federal forces across several fronts, but whether the groups can pull it off remains unclear.
    — KHALED KAZZIHA, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of fronts
Verb
  • The Polaris dazzles with tequila, mezcal, blackberry syrup, and a touch of citrus air foam, while the Hydra balances gin, mastiha, carrot, celery, and a bright, zesty twist of lime.
    — Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The pilot that dazzles and the agent that survives production are rarely the same thing.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of dazzles
Noun
  • Students at Independence Elementary School in Clarkston, Michigan, are spending their recesses and free time making bracelets, stickers and other items for a cause that is deeply personal to their school community.
    — Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Herzog’s adventurous spirit has led him to explore the furthest reaches of the globe, but also inward to map the strangest recesses of the heart.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of recesses
Noun
  • Only once the Buffs emptied offensive coordinator Brennan Marion’s playbook, there was nothing left to fire at McGuire’s frauds.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
  • In my phishing protection test, Avira successfully detected and defeated 100% of real-world phishing frauds.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of frauds
Verb
  • The tests could easily do the opposite, as people with results suggesting cancer require follow-up testing that overwhelms our healthcare system, potentially delaying diagnoses for people with cancer.
    — Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Histamine intolerance is when histamine from food overwhelms the body’s ability to break it down, Hwang explained.
    — Lauren Finney Harden, AJC.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of overwhelms
Noun
  • This species has an unusual form of social organization known as unicoloniality, in which ants from different nests cooperate rather than fight.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Thankfully, these aren't the nests of some colossal moon-dwelling arachnids, but streaks of bright material cast across the lunar surface by the violent impacts that created the bright young craters.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of nests

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