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Recent Examples of contact lens
The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
About 90% of Acanthamoeba keratitis cases occur in contact lens wearers, says Dr. Saba Al-Hashimi, an assistant professor of ophthalmology in the cornea division at UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute.
—Holly Burns, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Additionally, it’s designed with sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers in mind, ensuring comfortable wear from morning to night.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 16 Oct. 2025
There are kids that want contact lenses, and there’s some that don’t want to touch a contact lens.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
About 90% of Acanthamoeba keratitis cases occur in contact lens wearers, says Dr. Saba Al-Hashimi, an assistant professor of ophthalmology in the cornea division at UCLA’s Stein Eye Institute.
—Holly Burns, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Additionally, it’s designed with sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers in mind, ensuring comfortable wear from morning to night.
—Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 16 Oct. 2025
There are kids that want contact lenses, and there’s some that don’t want to touch a contact lens.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contact lens
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After all, the films that benefit the most from PLF ticket sales have been Hollywood's biggest releases, as audiences want to see explosive action movies and dazzling spectacles in the most state-of-the-art locations.—
Sarah Whitten,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2026
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Political events and news programming ran off with 16 of the top spots in 2024, but in the absence of a collar-grabbing quadrennial circus, only three Beltway spectacles carved out space on this year’s chart.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Simply choose the right size for your meal, place the glass bowl in the air fryer, and start cooking with the push of a button.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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To McDermott, wearing glasses would be a reminder that more sand might be in the bottom of his hourglass than the top.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contact%20lens. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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