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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Being aware of them and keeping a watchful eye on your power strip and its current condition could protect you and your home in the long run.—
Louise Parks,
Martha Stewart,
16 May 2026 -
Jason, 28, is nonverbal and profoundly disabled, with significant cognitive limitations and little awareness of danger — vulnerabilities that require constant, watchful care.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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How could this high-energy tissue survive, let alone perform at the level observed in sharp-sighted bird species, without oxygen?—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 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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Understated, sharp-eyed, and drier than a drought, Vin (Ealy) spent his early adulthood as a Pullman Porter — smiling on cue while passengers snapped their fingers for whiskey.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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So Mom clears them out, taking them to a nearby nature preserve and natural-history museum, where the sharp-eyed Sasha notices the teen-age Jeremy stealing a souvenir keychain from a rotating rack.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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In March, British Vogue shared an Instagram carousel of the Caught Stealing actress attending an event during Paris Fashion Week, and eagle-eyed fans realized the former One Direction singer's mom, Anne Twist, liked the upload.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 May 2026
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As some eagle-eyed fans have mentioned, Grimace threw out the first pitch on June 12, 2024 — and one year later, Senga’s leg injury that helped push the Mets into their decline came on June 12, 2025.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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“Lynx-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lynx-eyed. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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