sighted 1 of 2

past tense of sight

sighted

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adjective

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Recent Examples of sighted
Verb
Guided by teachers, their crossing was another little victory in a journey to make their way in a world built for sighted people. Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025 The mother was identified as 31-year-old Nauset, who was first sighted with this newborn calf on Dec. 1, 2024 off the coast of Georgia. Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2025 There was no evidence that blind participants responded to training better than sighted participants did. Simon Makin, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2025 And those groups may make their own determination of when the moon gets sighted. Forrest Brown, CNN, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sighted
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sighted
Adjective
  • Musk’s comment about Bannon returning to prison was made under a post showing Trump’s Truth Social post, indicating that the billionaire is aware of the threat but is choosing not to respond yet.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • Leyva implies that Márquez was aware of and even sympathetic to the plan, citing text messages in which the two expressed mutual support.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • On a hillside in Osage County, Arthur's employee Dan Caldwell sets up an optical gas imaging camera, an expensive machine that makes invisible gas leaks visible.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 July 2025
  • Photograph Of The Year Winners Anti crepuscular rays at Cono de Arita in La Puna, Argentina create an atmospheric optical phenomenon that appears as beams of light converging towards a point opposite the sun in the sky.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Monitor weather conditions via radar or lightning app. Keep a watchful eye on the sky.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 26 June 2025
  • Also entering the Villa for compatibility challenges and matchups under the watchful eye of Perfect Match host Nick Lachey is Clayton Echard (The Bachelor), Rachel Recchia (The Bachelorette), Cody Wright (Temptation Island), Daniel Perfetto (Dated & Related) and The Mole alum Hannah Burns.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • According to Franceinfo, the cause of the outage may be foul play with two arson acts reported overnight and several power lines pylons were discovered to have been sawn off in the Alpes-Maritimes.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 24 May 2025
  • His team had sawed a rather large, round hole into the top of a young woman’s skull the day before.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Stay informed, stay vigilant, and prioritize safety when enjoying the surf.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2025
  • Authorities were urging residents in the vicinity to stay vigilant and exercise caution as the situation develops.
    Stepheny Price , Bradford Betz , Landon Mion , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • He is regarded as a potential star of the future and is a part of Nuno’s first-team squad.
    Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The Context Singh was regarded as a leader with integrity and was among India's longest-serving prime ministers.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • His parents were Eastern European Jewish and mildly observant, and his father Samuel embodied an unusual mix of being a well-read, well-informed, amateur inventor/butcher/grocer.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2025
  • His son, more attentive than him, more observant than even his wife.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2025

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“Sighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sighted. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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