blinders
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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“The courts are wearing blinders and just focusing on the plain language of the statute. It’s a textual analysis,” he says.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Their cultural blinders were imposed on an entire nation, which is why it was so difficult for Latin music, auteur cinema and rap to force their way into the mainstream.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026
We need to fight to preserve our right to see history clearly, without superpatriotic blinders.
From Salon • Oct. 14, 2025
The rose-colored blinders she’s got on are accidentally-on-purpose his fault.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025
He had returned to his work in 1946, to remove the blinders from the eyes of the black man in the wilderness of North America.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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