as in watchful
having unusually keen vision
my eagle-eyed aunt quickly spotted my contact lens on the floor
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Recent Examples of eagle-eyed
Regardless of the power train, Missoni says that each new 7 Series looks the same, with the difference between model variants only noticeable to the most eagle-eyed of observers.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
Not long after that, some eagle-eyed fans spotted a Leyndell Knight walking around the Greenwich Naval College in South London.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
Halpin says that the group’s Orange County roots will feature prominently in the show, while eagle-eyed fans will catch numerous Easter eggs.
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
An eagle-eyed astronomer has discovered that an elusive asteroid is apparently shedding hundreds of fragments — and our planet is flying through the ensuing debris field, making for a spectacular show of shooting stars when these small bits of cosmic metal and rock hit Earth’s atmosphere.
—Sharon Adarlo, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
While Earle leaving Cooper’s podcast network first alerted the world to the potential of bad blood between the two creators, before then, eagle-eyed fans had noticed something was awry when Earle didn’t attend Unwell’s Super Bowl party in 2025, despite being in New Orleans for the game.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
But eagle-eyed social media sleuths have pointed out one possible problem - the picturesque place of worship nestled in the green hills of Virginia featured on the cover appears to show a United Methodist church, not a Catholic one.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
The post by eagle-eyed Reddit user JennaElizabethAdams, took off in popularity after listing a striking lineup of attendees, including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Margot Robbie, Dakota Johnson and John Mayer.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The target card also included a visible water stain, meaning eagle-eyed volunteers would have an easier time following it during successive shuffles.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026
Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2026
Not long after that, some eagle-eyed fans spotted a Leyndell Knight walking around the Greenwich Naval College in South London.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
Halpin says that the group’s Orange County roots will feature prominently in the show, while eagle-eyed fans will catch numerous Easter eggs.
—Leena Tailor, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
An eagle-eyed astronomer has discovered that an elusive asteroid is apparently shedding hundreds of fragments — and our planet is flying through the ensuing debris field, making for a spectacular show of shooting stars when these small bits of cosmic metal and rock hit Earth’s atmosphere.
—Sharon Adarlo, Futurism, 15 Apr. 2026
While Earle leaving Cooper’s podcast network first alerted the world to the potential of bad blood between the two creators, before then, eagle-eyed fans had noticed something was awry when Earle didn’t attend Unwell’s Super Bowl party in 2025, despite being in New Orleans for the game.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
But eagle-eyed social media sleuths have pointed out one possible problem - the picturesque place of worship nestled in the green hills of Virginia featured on the cover appears to show a United Methodist church, not a Catholic one.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
The post by eagle-eyed Reddit user JennaElizabethAdams, took off in popularity after listing a striking lineup of attendees, including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Margot Robbie, Dakota Johnson and John Mayer.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
The target card also included a visible water stain, meaning eagle-eyed volunteers would have an easier time following it during successive shuffles.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eagle-eyed
Adjective
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Today, Tiny is typically displayed on ground level elsewhere in the park during Fright Fest, presumably under the watchful eyes of security cameras.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Jonsson plays Taylor, a watchful, aged-beyond-his-years introvert who has spent 13 years behind bars on a manslaughter charge — missing almost the entire life of his teenage son Adam (Cole Martin), from whom the boy’s mother is determined to keep him estranged.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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So Mom clears them out, taking them to a nearby nature preserve and natural-history museum, where the sharp-eyed Sasha notices the teen-age Jeremy stealing a souvenir keychain from a rotating rack.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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That moment required sharp-eyed expertise — a scientist looking at an image of a living animal and connecting it, across years and continents, to fossils described by a colleague from teeth found in the ground.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Preventative Measures The best way to control ants in the garden is to be observant and take preventative measures before ants become a problem.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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Danow is clear-eyed about the challenges of living an observant Jewish life in Pensacola.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Eagle-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eagle-eyed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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