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Recent Examples of contact lens
Your provider can carefully examine your eye under a microscope and flip your lid up to safely fish out any contact lens or piece of a lens that might be lurking therein.
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Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 30 Apr. 2025
Using a biofilm of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, Yunker’s team described the shape of the emerging biofilm as a spherical cap that resembles a contact lens.
—Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Still, researchers at Alphabet and Novartis couldn’t build an accurate glucose sensor in a contact lens.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2018
Practice safe contact lens care: This includes keeping your prescription up to date, disinfecting contacts nightly, and replacing them regularly.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
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Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 30 Apr. 2025
Using a biofilm of Vibrio cholerae bacteria, Yunker’s team described the shape of the emerging biofilm as a spherical cap that resembles a contact lens.
—Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine, 21 Apr. 2025
Still, researchers at Alphabet and Novartis couldn’t build an accurate glucose sensor in a contact lens.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Nov. 2018
Practice safe contact lens care: This includes keeping your prescription up to date, disinfecting contacts nightly, and replacing them regularly.
—Cristina Mutchler, Health, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contact lens
Noun
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While many bemoan that American fashion shows lack the luster of yesteryear, Malena Belafonte is trying to rejigger the tried-and-true by blending runway looks, live music and circus-like spectacles.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
18 Dec. 2024
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Fewer spectacles have inspired American automotive imaginations more than monster trucks.—
Peter Nelson,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Look at the below screenshot for an example: check out how the background can be seen through the glass menu on the right.—
Ben Sin,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Johns’ apartment was locked, but staff at the Apple Apartments jimmied the sliding glass patio door to get in.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 June 2025
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“Contact lens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contact%20lens. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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