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optometrist

[op-tom-i-trist] / ɒpˈtɒm ɪ trɪst /
NOUN
eye doctor
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For optometrist Geoff McConville, who stocks Meta glasses in his Belfast shop, there are concerns about their "inappropriate use", but there are also beneficial aspects to the technology.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

"These community camps are extremely important for villagers, because they have no access to eye care," said optometrist Gopinath Das.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Julian Prosia, a 31-year-old optometrist in Waterloo, Ontario, was living a healthy life when he and his wife started planning for a baby.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

In Modoc County, which borders Oregon and Nevada, one optometrist serves a 90-mile radius.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026

He takes off his thick-rimmed glasses, fitted by a Calcutta optometrist, polishes the lenses with the cotton handkerchief he always keeps in his pocket, A for Ashoke embroidered by his mother in light blue thread.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Rather than selling machines to optometrists, who were making a fortune selling glasses, the maker sold machines to a new wave of ophthalmologists to perform surgeries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026

Children with short-sightedness are being stopped from using NHS vouchers to help pay for new treatment unlike in other parts of the UK, Northern Ireland optometrists have said.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025

The unionized workers include nurse case managers, mental health counselors, optometrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, clinical researchers, IT analysts and animal health technicians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025

"Our optometrists can estimate before they fly by what degree their prescription will change."

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

It was supposed to carry Billy and twenty-eight other optometrists to a convention in Montreal.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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