myopia
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Jim Hausman, 59, a real-estate entrepreneur, attributes his sixth-grade son’s myopia and prebedtime anxiety, in part, to the Chromebook the boy has used in school for years and brings home daily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Ten were treated to simulate correction for myopia, also known as nearsightedness.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
Progression slowed in both the placebo and the atropine groups in the later years of the trial, but that’s to be expected because myopia slows as children grow up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Under this proposed mechanism, myopia may develop when insufficient light reaches the retina during sustained close-up work in low-light settings.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
Grey, feathery ashes scurried hither and thither at his breath but no spark shone among them The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
Like all TV shows, but especially ones that capture the zeitgeist, it’s a product of its time, reflecting the myopias of the era and of its creative team.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2021
But alongside generational myopias there is wisdom, too.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2020
Ultimately, however, as the disorientation expands, we realise that there are not just misogynies at work here: there are cultural myopias, competing models of freedom, competing versions of Islam.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2020
But it’s also a symbol for certain insistent myopias of masculinity.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019
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Lord of the Flies
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Common Senses: Op, Ops, Opt ("Sight")
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