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Recent Examples of gimlet-eyed
The Department of Justice and the Treasury subjected the question of whether the change could be made without congressional action to their gimlet-eyed scrutiny, and turned thumbs-down.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
On cue, investors kept a gimlet-eyed focus on those figures on Wednesday.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Last Emperor, Matt Tyrnauer’s gimlet-eyed documentary about the luxurious world of Valentino, the legendary Italian couturier who died this week at age 93, was released in 2008.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Cultural critic Ted Gioia has gained a good deal of attention in recent years with his gimlet-eyed views of contemporary culture.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
On cue, investors kept a gimlet-eyed focus on those figures on Wednesday.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
The Last Emperor, Matt Tyrnauer’s gimlet-eyed documentary about the luxurious world of Valentino, the legendary Italian couturier who died this week at age 93, was released in 2008.
—Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
Cultural critic Ted Gioia has gained a good deal of attention in recent years with his gimlet-eyed views of contemporary culture.
—Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimlet-eyed
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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More clear-eyed now, Jean must reject her martyrdom and reclaim her own truth and agency.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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With crude surging back above $100 a barrel and the national average for gasoline recently topping $4 per gallon, the International Monetary Fund issued a clear-eyed assessment at its spring meetings.—
Katica Roy,
Fortune,
21 Apr. 2026
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