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
Alice’s experience reflects something deep about our own universe: Everything is not the same through the looking glass.
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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
As with much of the movie, including Ramona’s literal trip through the looking glass where all text is reversed, there’s a heavy surreality hanging over everything.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Whether greeting guests in your entryway, dressing up a ho-hum bathroom, or crowning a fireplace, console, or headboard, this leafy looking glass is sure to make a striking and lasting first impression.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
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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
As with much of the movie, including Ramona’s literal trip through the looking glass where all text is reversed, there’s a heavy surreality hanging over everything.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Whether greeting guests in your entryway, dressing up a ho-hum bathroom, or crowning a fireplace, console, or headboard, this leafy looking glass is sure to make a striking and lasting first impression.
—Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking glass
mirror
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In a year when the question of universal freedom still feels contested, The Gettin’ lands as both memorial and mirror, recalling the losses named in 2014 and 2020 and implicating the present tense.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
29 Sep. 2025
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Some even come with a clothes rail, shelves for storage bins, and door mirrors.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Looking glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/looking%20glass. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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