looking glasses

plural of looking glass
as in mirrors
a smooth or polished surface that forms images by reflection always remember that the image is reversed in the looking glass

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Recent Examples of looking glasses As Stevie Wonder’s eponymous 1972 hit suggests, there’s something specifically ominous about a 13-month-old baby that puts it in league with the bad juju of falling ladders and broken looking glasses. Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2026 On one lamp in the studio, tentacles hold up cylindrical copper spires with submarine-style looking glasses to reveal a small bulb inside. Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking glasses
mirrors
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  • The ban on importing Canadian alcohol in particular closely mirrors bans on American alcohol that provinces across Canada put in place in early 2025.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In effect, this blocks out the starlight as necessary and only allows light reflected off the planets of interest to pull through and reflect off the coronagraph's mirrors.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Looking glasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20glasses. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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