as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see
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as in stare
a fixed intent look
suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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Recent Examples of gaze
Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Whitney is gazing into the middle distance, contemplating a runner on a Lithuanian passport, when Ferdinand blows the world of season four apart.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Karl Vick, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
In the passenger seat, her teammate Esra Kurban shifted, the two of them settling their gaze on the stretch of road unfurling beyond the windshield.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Yoon’s lawyers reject conviction An expressionless Yoon gazed straight ahead as the judge delivered the sentence in the same courtroom where former military rulers and presidents have been convicted of treason, corruption and other crimes over the decades.
—Kim Tong-Hyung, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Whitney is gazing into the middle distance, contemplating a runner on a Lithuanian passport, when Ferdinand blows the world of season four apart.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
On state television, Khamenei projected an avuncular demeanor, his spectacles framing a sharp gaze.
—Karl Vick, Time, 28 Feb. 2026
In the passenger seat, her teammate Esra Kurban shifted, the two of them settling their gaze on the stretch of road unfurling beyond the windshield.
—Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaze
Verb
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The staring contest continues, even as the administration gets itself involved in a war.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
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Before sunrise, on a frigid, frozen lake south of Madison, Wisconsin, Zach Feiner is staring at a buzzing screen.—
Berly McCoy,
NPR,
2 Mar. 2026
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So keep an eye on the price of crude right now.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Lunar eclipses are completely safe to watch with the naked eye; no filters or special glasses are needed (unlike solar eclipses).—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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Luckily for me, the Brentwood class wasn’t too packed, so there weren’t too many fellow exercisers there to gawk at my unorthodox choice of attire.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2026
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On a typical day, the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale reverberates with animal cries and the footfalls of gawking visitors.—
Shi En Kim,
AZCentral.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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