as in watchful
having unusually keen vision the lynx-eyed copy editor never seemed to miss an error in the reporters' work

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lynx-eyed
Adjective
  • Their watchful eyes and swift response can make all the difference in a water emergency.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His Emmys keep a watchful eye from beside his TV.
    Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Young staffers on liberal political campaigns often display the slightly censorious cheerfulness of a resident-hall adviser, but the Warren organizers possessed a hawkeyed attention to detail and the essential American energy of malaria eradicators.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2020
Adjective
  • Wojtak-Hissong will play Danny Keenan, a restless, sharp-eyed Hell’s Kitchen teenager and Officer Keenan’s son, an errand boy for the Westies despite his father’s disapproval.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Judge Paul Hollywood has been a mainstay since the very beginning, offering his signature handshakes and sharp-eyed critiques.
    Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But eagle-eyed viewers noticed some spots during Week 1 that bucked bro-centric convention.
    Jennifer Halper, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The track has resurfaced into cultural conversation in recent years, after eagle-eyed social media users unearthed the mistake before the Reddit community, TikTok users, and meme creators gleefully dissected the scene.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Lynx-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lynx-eyed. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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