Example Sentences

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“Toddlers were meant to use their focusing power to get over their far-sightedness and then be toddlers … not read books or stare into screens,” Mutti said.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

He believes that even if some of Carvalhaes' work could be viewed as "crude by current standards", there was also a "far-sightedness to it that you can see in the roots of today's sports science".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2022

Snake wine is variously touted as a cure for rheumatism, arthritis, lumbago, leprosy, excessive sweating, hair loss, dry skin, far-sightedness, exhaustion, flu, fever, pain and migraines, and as a general all-round tonic.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

Novartis and Google joined forces two years ago to develop two kinds of "smart" contact lenses: An autofocusing lens for people with presbyopia, or far-sightedness, and another for measuring blood glucose levels in diabetes patients.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2016

This is doubtful, however, because a peaceful, gain-loving nation is not far-sighted, and far-sightedness is needed for adequate military preparation, especially in these days.

From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)