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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

Piush Khetan, the charity's India director, said they offer basic services which include a free eye screening and glasses for people in need as well as performing cataract surgery.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

He said doctors told him he’ll require surgery to remove the cataract before they can determine that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2026

“They’ll take her if we do a cataract operation on her right eye. On a hippopotamus! What next? Nose jobs on the rhinos?”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

The Senate investigation determined that UnitedHealth’s internal guidelines explicitly advised employees to continue to add diabetic cataract diagnoses after patients had completed surgery to remove the cataracts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

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

These procedures also carry a risk of glaucoma and cataracts.

From Salon ● May 4, 2025

Ever since she set foot in the Catskills, she has talked about, and gone out of her way to find, cascades, cataracts, waterfalls, rills, riffles and niagaras.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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