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Recent Examples of nearsightedness
Rates are up 42% from 25% in the 1970s, and almost 50% of people are expected to have nearsightedness by 2050.
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Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025
The risk of nearsightedness increases with every extra hour of screen time.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Presbyopia, farsightedness, and nearsightedness all affect your ability to focus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2015
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Katie Grant, Parents, 4 Mar. 2025
The risk of nearsightedness increases with every extra hour of screen time.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 25 Feb. 2025
Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Presbyopia, farsightedness, and nearsightedness all affect your ability to focus.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2015
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nearsightedness
myopia
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People with severe myopia have a higher risk of sight-threatening complications that can lead to even poorer vision.—
Sheah Rarback,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Those dots can defocus peripheral light, which may help slow the progression of myopia in children.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Nearsightedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nearsightedness. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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