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cataract

[kat-uh-rakt] / ˈkæt əˌrækt /
NOUN
waterfall
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Sleeping better — or getting hearing aids or cataract surgery — won’t immunize you from all types of fraud.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

His hearing declined; a cataract spread across his one eye.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

John Bowdler said: "We've always been identical in most things we do, so I suppose it seemed natural to us that when one of us needed cataract surgery, the other would as well."

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

And the fabled eye of CBS may grow a cataract at the prospect of being jeered from the stage of the nearly 6,000-seat Radio City Music Hall, to what would be resounding applause.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

Beside me, the student's eyes swam with a distorting cataract of tears, his features rigid as though he struggled within himself.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

But myopia also increases the risk of cataracts, glaucoma, retinal detachment and other eye diseases later in life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

When ozone levels drop, more UV rays reach the ground, increasing the risk of crop damage and contributing to higher rates of skin cancer and cataracts, along with other negative health effects.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 4, 2025

Tran’s medical bills from an ongoing battle with diabetes and cataracts and the costs of the increased security measures were the last straw for the family and the market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025

A month before Law was told he had cataracts in both eyes but he lied to an optometrist that he did not drive.

From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2025

In Cleopatra’s day, six cataracts, or waterfalls, carried surging floodwater into Egypt where it overflowed the banks of the Nile and spread out across the plain.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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