as in vision
concern or preparation for the future
thanks to our farsightedness, we had sufficient emergency supplies when the storm knocked out our power
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Benefits of eye surgery include improvement of nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism.
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Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
This testing helps identify the specific type and degree of refractive error, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness, helping determine the correct prescription required for glasses or contact lenses.12
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Treatments for nearsightedness and farsightedness are similar.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 18 Aug. 2024
As the eyeball grows, farsightedness usually resolves, but some people will still experience farsightedness as adults.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
These treatments only work for mild cases of farsightedness.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
The farsightedness of previous generations of Americans provided a solid foundation on which to advance American values and build a prosperous future for the United States and other countries.
—Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2016
For example, research released in 2018 showed that extended stays in space can cause farsightedness and swelling of the optic nerve.
—Hailey Rose McLaughlin, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day.
—Joe Didonato, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
Colonel de Gaulle’s farsightedness was greeted by the French military and successive governments with at the best indifference and at the worst hostility.
—John R. MacArthur, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 11 Sep. 2024
This testing helps identify the specific type and degree of refractive error, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness, helping determine the correct prescription required for glasses or contact lenses.12
Similar Treatments
Treatments for nearsightedness and farsightedness are similar.
—Lindsay Curtis, Health, 18 Aug. 2024
As the eyeball grows, farsightedness usually resolves, but some people will still experience farsightedness as adults.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
These treatments only work for mild cases of farsightedness.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
The farsightedness of previous generations of Americans provided a solid foundation on which to advance American values and build a prosperous future for the United States and other countries.
—Jacob J. Lew, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2016
For example, research released in 2018 showed that extended stays in space can cause farsightedness and swelling of the optic nerve.
—Hailey Rose McLaughlin, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
Another man with the condition required multiple eyeglass prescriptions, shifting even between nearsightedness and farsightedness in the span of a day.
—Joe Didonato, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
Colonel de Gaulle’s farsightedness was greeted by the French military and successive governments with at the best indifference and at the worst hostility.
—John R. MacArthur, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
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