looking glass

Definition of looking glassnext
as in mirror
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 glass The Senate walked through the looking glass over the weekend. Medora Lee, USA Today, 2 July 2025 Like Alice through the looking glass, I was ushered ever deeper into its passageways. Kian Tajbakhsh, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025 Alice’s experience reflects something deep about our own universe: Everything is not the same through the looking glass. Zack Savitsky, Wired News, 22 June 2025 The curving strip is like Lewis Carroll’s looking glass. Book Marks june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for looking glass
Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking glass
mirror
Noun
  • Winning the Lewis also is as familiar to Baffert as looking in the mirror and seeing white hair.
    Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
  • According to Savage, lamps, furniture, mirrors, framed art, planters, baskets, and storage bins are thrift store gold.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026

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

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