dilate
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Atropine eye drops are typically used to dilate the pupil before eye exams.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
However, in their new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, the researchers reported that a person's pupils also dilate when they are concentrating on tasks.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024
Although it is not an ordinary high blood pressure medicine, it can dilate blood vessels.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023
At regular concentrations of about 1 percent, atropine is used to dilate the pupil for eye exams.
From National Geographic • Nov. 1, 2023
I stand in the room, letting the pupils of my eyes dilate, like a cat’s or owl’s.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing dilate
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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Selected Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 1
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