as in to stare
to take a look with the eyes narrowed (as because of difficulty seeing)
He squinted in her direction, but couldn't make her out with the sun behind her.
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as in strabismus
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difficulty in seeing resulting from improper alignment of the eyes
The child was born with a squint that was eventually corrected through surgery.
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Recent Examples of squint
William Arruda, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Guests wandered the exhibits with flutes of champagne in hand, musing over the commercial value of art, squinting at price tags higher than at least one attendees' annual salary.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024
If one squints, things look normal: elections take place, people can travel in and out of the country, the cafés are full, and the secret police’s dungeons are (nearly) empty.
—Anna Grzymala-Busse, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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Verb
No one wants to squint at a screen full of text, especially on a smaller device like a laptop, tablet, or phone.
—William Arruda, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Guests wandered the exhibits with flutes of champagne in hand, musing over the commercial value of art, squinting at price tags higher than at least one attendees' annual salary.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
Noun
What are all the squats for if not to encourage squints?
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 June 2024
If one squints, things look normal: elections take place, people can travel in and out of the country, the cafés are full, and the secret police’s dungeons are (nearly) empty.
—Anna Grzymala-Busse, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squint
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The traditional media business has been staring at these multiple roads for years now, and none of them are anywhere near as bucolic as Frost’s woods.Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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By then, after so many years staring at a sideways world, everything had started to appear off-kilter.Joseph Bien-Kahn, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2024
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One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.Maya Davis, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
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The earlier strabismus is treated, the better, Flanary says.Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 30 July 2024
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But when the Hubble Space Telescope turned its gaze toward Neptune’s dark eye in 1994, the spot had disappeared.Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Eastwood’s unhurried gaze allows the characters’ humanity to shine through.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The crowds watched the canyon keenly, peering through zoom lenses and binoculars and eyeglasses.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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The white exterior peered at me with flat orifices obscured through the mist, barely distinguishable from the dark sky behind it, as though all the world beyond the dome was cut from the same slab, only slightly effaced.Jem Aswad, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
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John was later derailed by astigmatism, which also required surgery.Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 26 Apr. 2024
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Nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism are other forms of refractive errors.Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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Swap the city for somewhere that looks dark on a light-pollution map with a western horizon free from the glare of a city.Jamie Carter, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Besides shading the sun’s glare and protecting against the elements, baseball caps have always been worn to represent the home team — in today’s fashion, that translates to personal branding that casually aligns the wearer with a luxe label, interest or experience, or style POV.Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 1 Nov. 2024
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Treinen quickly received the ball, and never even glanced toward the dugout.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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Coy Phillips, the office’s chief deputy, glanced at the storm’s path, then drove around the county, checking on elderly residents or ferrying water and food to the shelter set up at the local high school.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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Standing on the ground with nothing blocking our vision, our eyes can see about 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) of the horizon.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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Jeff’s vision for the New Era game seems to be to dilute the opportunity for strategy and politics as much as possible and replace it with a weeklong bender at Foxwoods that comes with a voucher for unlimited pigs in a blanket.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
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“Squint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squint. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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