sighted
Americanadjective
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having functional vision; not blind.
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having a particular type of eyesight or perception (used in combination).
sharp-sighted; clear-sighted.
adjective
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possessing the ability to see
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(in combination) having sight of a specified kind
short-sighted
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Origin of sighted
Example Sentences
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Of the three most common hammerhead species, the Smooth hammerhead is most commonly sighted, Talwar said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Hammerheads were sighted off the Southern California coast in 2015, during the last strong El Niño cycle, California State University Long Beach Shark Lab expert Chris Lowe said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
The Pakistani navy published an alert Friday warning that a mine had been sighted in the strait off Oman.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
After D-Day, with B-25s sighted over Salonika, Doundoulakis met one of his neighbors on the street: “Helias, do you see?” he cried.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
They had been following it but had not yet sighted their quarry when suddenly a strange rabbit had burst in upon them as they were nearing the edge of some woodland.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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