as in watchful
having unusually keen vision
the sharp-sighted hunter spotted the deer and motioned to his companions
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Adjective
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But the senior royals of today still keep a watchful eye on their guests.—
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026 -
Sign-toting protesters walked down Colorado Boulevard under the watchful eye of Pasadena police officers on motorcycles.—
Staff And Wire Reports,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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There’s also great moments of observant satire in the webs of attraction, class, and power that are carried over from the workplace.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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Action is character, and this is a character study paced somewhere between observant and Safdie-level panic attack.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Sharp-sighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharp-sighted. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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