visual field

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Recent Examples of visual field By sleeping on the left side, a cat's left eye and left visual field are unobstructed upon waking up. Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 The typical human eye has a visual field of 170 degrees—70 degrees of central vision and 100 degrees of peripheral vision.3 Central vision is what people see right in front of them. Patty Weasler, Verywell Health, 28 June 2025 Loss of vision: A portion of your visual field is cut out, as if a curtain came down over it, or a piece is missing from one side. Erica Sloan, SELF, 18 June 2025 With dynamic current steering, the electrodes stimulate the brain in sequence to trace a shape in the visual field. Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2020 See All Example Sentences for visual field
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Noun
  • From a design perspective, that reinforces Ratti’s desire to keep the emphasis on the flame itself and not the object.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2026
  • This makes sense from a certain perspective.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The post, which was published by an anonymous account and received 10 million views, said including this detail would be a dealbreaker and prevent an applicant from reaching the interview stage for a banking role.
    Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Newsom stepped behind a podium dropped within a stadium parking lot, with a commanding view of Los Angeles as the backdrop.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Commissioners are expected to take a deeper dive into the budget outlook and possible responses at a two-day budget retreat scheduled for late February, where staff will present a more detailed breakdown of revenues, expenditures and options for closing the gap.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The Climate Prediction Center’s 8–14 day temperature outlook reflects this trend, leaning toward near- to above-normal temperatures for much of the central and eastern United States, including Ohio.
    Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And for photographer Petr Horálek, patience was key in creating this stunning panorama of the Milky Way galaxy above the Gemini South Telescope.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The panorama from my island summit is spellbinding.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Scanning a room packed with Republicans bracing for a messy scramble to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene in northwest Georgia, the 14th District GOP chair outlined a prospect that not long ago would have drawn laughs.
    Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The general manager specifically mentioned top starting pitching prospects Elmer Rodríguez and Carlos Lagrange.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Getting between these locations normally takes about 12 hours; La Dolce Vita stretches the trip into two days and two overnights of tuxedoed singers, Campari cocktails, breakfasts in bed, and stunning landscapes rolling by your cabin window.
    Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The foreclosure is just one component of what has become a brutal landscape for the lodging market in the Bay Area.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Instead of rigid voice commands, AI assistants will understand context, remember preferences, and carry on multi-step dialogues.
    Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Such vague commands, the court said, leave agents guessing how to respond during fast-moving protest situations and expose them to possible contempt sanctions.
    Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 27 Jan. 2026

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“Visual field.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visual%20field. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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