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eye

[ahy] / aɪ /


NOUN
optical organ of an animate being
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Parents snapped them up, convinced they could fight eye fatigue for children accustomed to staring at screens.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

There are other parts of the legal system which will have an eye on its findings.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

To recap, each Saturday we’ll break down the biggest news of the week into three categories: what mattered most, what we’re keeping an eye on, and what’s unfathomably inane.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2026

Rodriguez, who is governing under Washington's watchful eye since the January ouster of Nicolas Maduro, has submitted power industry reforms to lawmakers, but they have not yet been approved.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

Ultimately, Joey’s visit to Saint Louis passes without incident, but Dr. Johansen maintains his watchful eye.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

He was going to visit around town for a while, might eyen take a look at Abraham Lincoln's tomb, while Stevenson made up his mind about tidelands.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is metely well-looking,—good of stature, and a fair fresh face, grey eyen, and fair hair, as have the greater part of maids about here, but her nose turns up too much for beauty.

From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt

Only the intellect, withouten more, That dwelled in his herte sike and sore, Gan feillen, when the herte felte deth; Dusked his eyen two, and failled his breth.

From Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

And of the wauerynge of thy mynde / thyn eyen / & other vnmanerly behauyour of all thy body.

From A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men by Thomas Betson

Examples are: the double negative with ne; eyen, lenger, doen, ycladd, harrowd, purchas, raught, seely, stowre, swinge, owch, and withouten.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

“That’s in our rearview mirror. We’re all eyes moving forward.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

The best that the rest of us can do, like unwilling participants in a game of Russian roulette, is shut our eyes and hope.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

Tarin also made her Chappell Roan montage with hopes that it would draw more eyes to “Coyote vs. Acme.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

You don't need binoculars or a telescope to see meteors, just give your eyes sometime to adjust to looking up at the night sky.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

I open my eyes, and that dream quickly fades.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Blod and water yer come owte at ye wonde, and he wyppyd hys eyne and anon he sawgh kyth thorowgh ye vertu of yat God.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence

"Alas!" the younger sister said, "Say then, What is the likeness of this first of men; What sayest thou about his loving eyne, Are his locks black, or golden-red as thine?"

From The Earthly Paradise A Poem by William Morris

Range the brown hair, it blinds her eyne, Dash cold water over her face!

From Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan by Toru Dutt

Explain the use and form of eyne, edified, afflicted, weeds, Hebean, impe, compeld, areeds, blazon, ycladd.

From Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

Alas, that ever with mine eyne I should see this sight!

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

To my right, a black bear cub eyed me curiously.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

One project the company has eyed up would involve boring tunnels for an underground freight-distribution system around airports and warehouses.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Over half of U.S. companies are losing sales due to policy restrictions; new U.S. tariffs are expected, with Xi’s September visit eyed for clarity.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

China’s May purchasing managers’ indexes will offer insight into business sentiment, while Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda’s speech is eyed for rate hike timing.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

She eyed Valley’s copy of the latest Witches of Heartbreak Cove.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Armand Duplantis singing before eyeing another world record.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is eyeing his next market for his EV maker’s purpose-built robo-taxi.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

I’m usually hesitant to order chicken at a restaurant, and after repeatedly eyeing Birch’s version from afar, I finally gave in on my most recent visit.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

The industry is eyeing a once-in-a-generation chance to generate tens of billions of dollars in additional income.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

“Thanks,” said Fadi, eyeing the photo club sign-up sheet.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

He told AFP that VW was eying other Asian countries and South America as places that might be receptive to its China-developed offerings.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

The company is eying a potentially blockbuster initial public offering that could draw more attention to the space sector.

From MarketWatch Apr. 20, 2026

General Catalyst is eying call centers and rental companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 11, 2026

The joke bombed and other politicians, including those eying a spot as Kamala Harris’ potential 2024 vice presidential pick, quickly jumped on the awkwardness.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2024

The arai snarled and circled, eying the broom.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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