looking glasses

Definition of looking glassesnext
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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mirrors
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  • In the case of the GMT, the seven primary mirrors are mirrored, pardon the pun, by seven smaller secondary mirrors that are deformable.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The shift mirrors moves by Salesforce, ServiceNow, and AI coding rivals Replit and Cursor, all of which have turned to consumption pricing as inference costs bite into margins.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
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“Looking glasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20glasses. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.

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