beholder
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An emergency is in the eye of the beholder, they suggest; standing is in the eye of the beholder.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
Of course, reasonableness is in the eye of the beholder — but to my eye, the reported numbers do not seem too generous.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Another is that quality is in the eye of the beholder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026
The bill may be big, but for retailers, the beauty will remain strictly in the eye of the high-end beholder.
From Barron's ● Jan. 24, 2026
There is no right or wrong way to add body percussion to enhance the rhyme; it is all in the ear of the beholder!
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
It is, in a word, an accomplishment to satisfy practically all beholders, and especially those who consider a splendiferous film musical one of the best reasons for attending a theater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Designed to entertain their beholders, both Disney animation and Rococo decorative arts represent tangible records of the societies for which they were made.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2021
It’s in the eye of the beholder, and the beholders in Iowa were determined to get caucus-goers to see it their way.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2020
Jonathan Swift, no amateur, wrote in his preface to “The Battle of the Books” that “satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019
The three beautiful daughters became more beautiful still in the eyes of their beholders.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
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