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as in sunglasses
glasses plural
a pair of lenses set in a frame that is held in place with ear supports and which are usually worn to correct vision
I'm a little nearsighted, so I'm going to need glasses
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as in mirror
a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection
the vain princess spent hours admiring the reflection in her glass
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Recent Examples of glass
Surveillance video images from outside OpenAI’s headquarters allegedly show Moreno-Gama grabbing a chair and using it to hit a set of glass doors.
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Juan Lozano, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Concrete and glass meet at sharp angles, while a curved courtyard wall softens the harshness.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
Smart glasses still present many privacy issues that need to be resolved, Cai said.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
In Nature Communications, Wageningen physical chemist Jasper van der Gucht and his team describe what makes compleximers as meltable as glass yet as hard to break as plastic.
—Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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Juan Lozano, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2026
Concrete and glass meet at sharp angles, while a curved courtyard wall softens the harshness.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
Smart glasses still present many privacy issues that need to be resolved, Cai said.
—Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2026
In Nature Communications, Wageningen physical chemist Jasper van der Gucht and his team describe what makes compleximers as meltable as glass yet as hard to break as plastic.
—Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glass
Noun
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This includes Tallent, who looked in the mirror and smiled with tears in her eyes, expressing her gratitude.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
11 Apr. 2026
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Mount Your Mirror Rather than propping it in the corner, save precious wall space by mounting your full-length mirror on the back of a door.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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An online amalgam of conspicuous consumption, natural wonders, and manmade spectacles — like the world’s tallest tower, Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque, and even, yes, the vivid green of Dubai Chocolate — has propelled the emirates to superlative measures of tourism and consumer behavior.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Election is a ruthless, high-wire satire with its skeptical spectacles trained on authority itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glass. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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