shortsightedness

Example Sentences

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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

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

Instead of talking to Mike and sharing a passion with his son, which could influence his life differently, Fritz’s shortsightedness is the real tragedy.

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2023

But the limited way in which the FWS considered their well-being underscores a level of shortsightedness involved in greenlighting the project.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2023

To Farmer and Jim, the implications of this shortsightedness were ominous.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French