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Recent Examples of contact lens
Worth Noting: The gentle formula is suitable for the entire eye area, including the eyelids, and is safe for contact lens wearers.
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Tracy Perez Han, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The system's primary wearable component is an incredibly thin, flexible layer of clear, skin-safe PDMS plastic, worn on your eyeball like a contact lens.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 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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Tracy Perez Han, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
The system's primary wearable component is an incredibly thin, flexible layer of clear, skin-safe PDMS plastic, worn on your eyeball like a contact lens.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026
The thin, flexible material, similar to a contact lens, can be placed directly on the heart during surgery.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 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
See All Example Sentences for contact lens
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contact lens
Noun
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For a few minutes, the day will turn to twilight, the sun’s corona will appear, and one of nature’s most extraordinary spectacles will unfold over a variety of spectacular landscapes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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Despite my declaration to the tourists onboard that the dragons’ goat slaughter spectacles were a bygone thing, an Indonesian government VIP was on the island that day, and to give him a show, the national park staff had brought the goats.—
Craig Stanford,
Big Think,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Handy amenities include toothbrushes, (glass) bottled sparkling and still water, and built-in worldwide plug adapters.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 May 2026
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The actors were greeted by the exhibition’s curator, Robin McClellan, who led them to Mozart’s childhood violin, encased in glass.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contact%20lens. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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