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
In March, British Vogue shared an Instagram carousel of the Caught Stealing actress attending an event during Paris Fashion Week, and eagle-eyed fans realized the former One Direction singer's mom, Anne Twist, liked the upload.
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
As some eagle-eyed fans have mentioned, Grimace threw out the first pitch on June 12, 2024 — and one year later, Senga’s leg injury that helped push the Mets into their decline came on June 12, 2025.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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.
—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
Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 8 May 2026
As some eagle-eyed fans have mentioned, Grimace threw out the first pitch on June 12, 2024 — and one year later, Senga’s leg injury that helped push the Mets into their decline came on June 12, 2025.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 4 May 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eagle-eyed
Adjective
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During construction, the Feins purchased the house next door and lived there, keeping a watchful eye on the work.—
Sara B. Hansen,
Denver Post,
2 May 2026
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Viktor Arvidsson, who was knocked woozy and out of the lineup on a high hit from the Sabres’ Mattias Samuelsson in Game 4, was skating under the watchful eye of skating and skills coach John McLean at Warrior Ice Arena on Friday morning.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Understated, sharp-eyed, and drier than a drought, Vin (Ealy) spent his early adulthood as a Pullman Porter — smiling on cue while passengers snapped their fingers for whiskey.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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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
Adjective
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Eliza Touchet is smart, funny, resilient, observant, and basically over it (but not quite).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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Police video showed the nun bruised and the attacker wearing tzitzit, a fringed undergarment worn by some observant Jewish men.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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