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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

With what looks like a cataract occluding one eye for extra scariness points, and a ring of long white hair curving around his otherwise bald head, he’s played with gusto by Dan Stevens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 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

To her left the slope fell away into the dark, and far below was a glimmer of white and a thunder of water from the cataract of Saint-Jean-les-Eaux.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

However, NHS surgery was available in England to those with more advanced cataracts.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026

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

Wolseley planned to reach Gordon by ascending the Nile, but he encountered daunting cataracts along the river and then sent out a camel-mounted detachment, with Burnaby as second-in-command, in a shortcut across the desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 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

Her eyes were thick with cataracts and sunken into folds of transparent skin, and her whole face was dotted with broken veins and liver spots.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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