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as in messes
something unpleasant to look at
the frat house was a sight the morning after the party
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as in loads
a considerable amount
this place sure is a good sight better than that last motel
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as in spots
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes
the crew felt a rush of excitement upon hearing that the lookout had sighted land
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Recent Examples of sights
Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
In this subscriber exclusive, Matt Lavietes, Daniel Arkin and Adam Reiss share the sights, sounds and mood inside the Suffolk County Courthouse.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
We’re told the character is Maxima, the warrior queen from the planet Almerac, first introduced in Action Comics #645 in 1990, who arrives on Earth in search of a suitable mate and quickly sets her sights on Superman.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
The various sights at the castle – a decent history museum, frescoed chapel, old-fashioned printing press, and wine cellar – are cute, but the real reason to come up here is to bask in the sweeping panoramas.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
Few people have spent more time around the seemingly endless sights and tastes of Augusta National Golf Club than Masters golfers.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Older kids might be fascinated by the artists sketching portraits, while little ones can take in the sights from a stroller.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
But their roles were playfully incidental with the focus on the zhuzhing more than judging — and the dazzling sights, moves and performances.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Other common sights here include Coulter’s lupine and small patches of California poppies.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Noun
During their trailblazing journey, the four of them traveled farther from Earth than any spacefarer in human history ever has while seeing sights of the moon's far side that no one else has ever experienced.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
In this subscriber exclusive, Matt Lavietes, Daniel Arkin and Adam Reiss share the sights, sounds and mood inside the Suffolk County Courthouse.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 Apr. 2026
We’re told the character is Maxima, the warrior queen from the planet Almerac, first introduced in Action Comics #645 in 1990, who arrives on Earth in search of a suitable mate and quickly sets her sights on Superman.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
The various sights at the castle – a decent history museum, frescoed chapel, old-fashioned printing press, and wine cellar – are cute, but the real reason to come up here is to bask in the sweeping panoramas.
—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2026
Few people have spent more time around the seemingly endless sights and tastes of Augusta National Golf Club than Masters golfers.
—Jack Leo, AJC.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Older kids might be fascinated by the artists sketching portraits, while little ones can take in the sights from a stroller.
—Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Apr. 2026
But their roles were playfully incidental with the focus on the zhuzhing more than judging — and the dazzling sights, moves and performances.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026
Other common sights here include Coulter’s lupine and small patches of California poppies.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Our dad got us a job holding the pole, the guy sights on through the thing, surveying.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sights
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Mission specialist Christina Koch said her biggest highlight was catching her first glimpses of Earth after passing around the moon, a moment that came after a communications blackout.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Though the series offers glimpses of the palatial houses and parties of the elite, something horrific is always just within frame.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Angry Mama Microwave Steam Cleaner is thoughtfully designed to effortlessly remove stubborn messes without scrubbing or scraping for hours on end.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
1 Apr. 2026
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By addressing each of these messes individually, refreshing your home should become much less intimidating, Davis says.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
1 Apr. 2026
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Once transported to the canyon, the modular components were assembled and put into place using one of the world’s largest cable cranes (cranes that move loads while suspended on cables), which spanned the gorge between the two towers.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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According to Archer Western, HDR’s design engineers failed to properly account for wind loads — including hurricane winds — in an initial, partial design for the signature bridge arches that the contractor used to calculate construction costs and time for its bid.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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On the first day of high school, introverted Okuto Nakumara spots his classmate Aiki Hirose in the crowd of an assembly, and immediately falls head over heels for him.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
3 Apr. 2026
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In the clip, posted by Juls Piles (@julspiles), the 21-year-old can be seen swimming away from a boat to retrieve her floatie in the sea, when her brother suddenly spots a shark in the water.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Granted, a picture can’t really tell us much aside from general looks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
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The soft pink color adds a light and airy feel to the room, while the reversible leaf print gives you two looks in one.—
Jacqueline Tempera,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2026
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Glossing other people’s words brought a sense of security but wouldn’t help children confront life’s horrors.—
Tim Parks,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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One of them is a squirmy, intensely relatable dark comedy about the escalating horrors of planning a wedding.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Is the economy irrationally exuberant, with tons of rapid, expensive hiring and new investment?—
Alex Mayyasi,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The hiring spree comes as the company shifts more aggressively toward enterprise sales and tries to regain momentum against Anthropic and Google, and as the company eyes a possible IPO within the next 12 months.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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Subsequently, the filmmaker became enamored with airplanes and transferred that same fascination onto Lil Ant, who eyes the planes overhead with palpable yearning and, at one point, shoplifts a toy plane from a store.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Sights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sights. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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