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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Adjective
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All under the watchful eyes of scouts from 30 of the 32 NFL teams.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026 -
Be watchful of ponding on roadways.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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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
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That moment required sharp-eyed expertise — a scientist looking at an image of a living animal and connecting it, across years and continents, to fossils described by a colleague from teeth found in the ground.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
9 Mar. 2026
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Some observers are speculating that this customer may be the Virginia company BlackSky, which operates a constellation of sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellites.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Recently, eagle-eyed fans and social media watchers may have noticed that the official Instagram account for 1923 was rebranded as the official account for Dutton Ranch, with the note that the new show would be coming soon to Paramount+.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Some eagle-eyed observers even shared close-up screen grabs of this seer, showing her to have different colored eyes.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Lynx-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lynx-eyed. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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