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VisionSpring, a social enterprise, provides entrepreneurs in 13 countries with a “business in a bag”: all the equipment they need to diagnose and correct long-sightedness.

From Economist • Jun. 16, 2011

The Surfrider Foundation applauds the City of Laguna Beach for their courage and long-sightedness in joining the City of Oceanside in publicly opposing the toll road�s preferred alignment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypermetropia, hī-per-me-trō′pi-a, n. long-sightedness, the opposite of Myopia—-also Hyperop′ia.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

The girl does not see it, but the priest sees it with the long-sightedness of decrepitude.

From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe

Ever since Lady Julia's arrival at the bishop's, he had foreseen the probability of this event, and had, in consequence of the long-sightedness of his views, endeavoured to make himself agreeable to her.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 05 by Edgeworth, Maria