Example Sentences

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It has long been thought that digging your nose in a book and spending too much time reading things up close could cause near-sightedness.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

If they played outside for more than 14 hours, their risk of near-sightedness dropped to 20%.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

Back in 2018, China's regulators said that they were seeking to limit the amount of time that minors spent online, because of rising levels of near-sightedness among children.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2021

There isn’t yet broad agreement on why the outdoors might protect children from near-sightedness.

From Slate • Oct. 16, 2013

He was thought most urbane, and was never guilty of any definite intentional annoyance; but he suffered from a certain near-sightedness.

From 'O Thou, My Austria!' by Schubin, Ossip