double vision

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Recent Examples of double vision To navigate this moment, Americans must sustain a kind of double vision, recognizing that their country is confronting authoritarianism while not forgetting that avenues for democratic contestation remain open. Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025 But this new migraine was accompanied by terrible double vision. David Freyne, Time, 7 Dec. 2025 Not some perfect and unassailable view of the world but the occasional flicker of double vision, the brief, destabilizing reminder of other people’s minds, humming along in their baffling, alien ways. Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025 Some of the most common symptoms of a stroke include aphasia (trouble speaking or loss of speech), blurry/double vision, confusion, coma, dizziness/loss of coordination, memory loss, mood swings and headaches. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for double vision
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Noun
  • Its onboard computer vision allows real-time detection and target tracking without external control, marking a significant step toward fully autonomous battlefield systems.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Jan. 2026
  • For Jonathan Anderson’s vision of beauty at his first Dior women’s show in October, Guido Palau fluffed up models’ natural texture, not dissimilar from the windswept waves and pre-Raphaelite curls the hairstylist created for Veronica Leoni’s September Calvin Klein debut.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Back in the lineup after missing the majority of the 2025/26 season through injury, the German was a sight for sore eyes.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Besotted Benedict spends most of the beginning of the episode on the hunt for his love-at-first-sight, interrogating ladies on the promenade and showing up to balls with sister Eloise (Claudia Jessie) in tow for assistance.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Prisoners were forced to work in the lime quarry under the harsh glare of the South African sun, sometimes permanently damaging their eyesight, which was the case for Mandela.
    Jeremy Helligar, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The helicopter was able to land 500 feet from the hut, where first responders discovered all five of the people inside suffered varying degrees of frostbite, including one who lost their eyesight.
    Christa Swanson, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Benjamin Franklin would invent bifocals in 1874, Thomas Young would spot the uneven curvature of the cornea (astigmatism) in 1801, and steel wire would be developed in metal frames after 1837.
    Daniel Fusch, Ascend Agency, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Myopia is when someone can see objects close-up but their vision becomes blurred when looking at objects farther away, and astigmatism is a condition in which either the eye’s cornea or lens has a different shape than normal, causing blurred vision.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).
    Laura Schober, Health, 12 Feb. 2025
  • One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.
    Maya Davis, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Strolling past glass display cases of fossils and earthenware artifacts, my eyes landed on a rack by the main entrance with flyers advertising children’s events and local flea markets.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Even during moderate storms, auroras can appear as faint, gray or milky arcs to the naked eye, while appearing vivid in photographs.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Double vision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20vision. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.

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