blinkered

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Recent Examples of blinkered Warren’s blinkered statement provoked a backlash, and rightly so. Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024 Alas, the blinkered SFO board has disgracefully not supported Salonen’s transformative vision. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 With her big inward eyes and perpetual glower, Northam effectively conveys Elsa’s restless, blinkered life. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024 Then there was the museum’s debut survey of the film industry, which came in for a drubbing for what was perceived to be its anxious, overcompensating political correctness, coupled with a blinkered vision that paid little mind to the Hollywood studio system and its founders. Gary Baum For The Hollywood Reporter, ARTnews.com, 24 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for blinkered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinkered
Adjective
  • In his quest for a definitive biography of Joyce as a cosmopolitan artist, above the parochial fray, Ellmann downplayed Joyce’s interest in politics.
    Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025
  • Rather, Colbert won after knocking, by his count, on 20,000 doors, wearing out several pairs of size 15 shoes and putting parochial concerns, such as wildfire prevention, disaster preparedness and flood control, at the center of his campaign.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • His decision not to return to his village and his father signifies freedom from an insular past but also sets him on the path of finding his own identity.
    Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
  • Wrigleyville was still a relatively insular neighborhood in ’90, with a few bars and Yum-Yum Donuts within walking distance of the park.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Many of these first-generation rock writers had grown up in thrall to the sounds that had emerged from provincial music scenes in places like Memphis, New Orleans, Detroit, San Francisco, Woodstock, and, above all, Liverpool.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
  • All federal, state, provincial and local rules and regulations apply.
    Sourcing Journal, Sourcing Journal, 12 June 2025
Adjective
  • The team leaders and coaches have cautioned against being reactionary, encouraging small adjustments rather than major ones.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 23 June 2025
  • The new title exemplifies one of Perry’s favorite moves, which is to present reactionary conservatism as simple common sense.
    Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • At times, some say, the agency has been too hidebound.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 9 May 2025
  • That gives them flexibility and the ability to take risks that can’t be made in more hidebound traditional schools.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025

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“Blinkered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinkered. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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