shortsightedness
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“Like medicine to reduce a fever,” he tells us, glasses bring relief to those with shortsightedness, “reclaiming a world” that had “slipped into obscurity.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
It was shortsightedness in a way we may not fully appreciate for years.
From Slate ● Jan. 22, 2025
With pilot beaver relocations and the codification of the restoration project, California is pushing back against that history and the Supreme Court’s dangerous shortsightedness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2025
Demolition crews carried away the last of the century-old hotel in late summer, leaving a void across from Pennsylvania Station that reflects either progress or shortsightedness.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness.
From "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
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