Thesaurus results for BLINDS

blinds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blind

as in stuns

to overpower with light the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants

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blinds

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noun

plural of blind

as in nooks

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as in smoke screens

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Recent Examples of blinds

Verb

As the United States blinds itself, foreign adversaries are expanding their efforts. — RenÉe Diresta, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 As rain blinds the sailors, the coach watches a bird’s-eye digital tracking map, dynamic laylines, and a live stream of over 1,200 telemetry points broadcast from the boat every second. — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 But the legacy of the modernist academic-cultural complex blinds us to the mimetic spirit of this new technical logic. — Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 Odysseus blinds the Cyclops and escapes Circe with the help of a magic herb, but not before losing some of his men. — John Blake, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 After Odysseus blinds him and later reveals his true identity, Polyphemus calls on Poseidon to curse the rest of the hero’s voyage home. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026 Dust blinds every two weeks and clean them at least twice each year to maintain a fresh, healthy home. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 1 July 2026 Gartner predicts that over 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027, and analyst Anushree Verma noted that most are driven by hype that blinds organizations to real deployment complexity. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026 The way that Nathan’s wealth and ideology blinds him to the implications and risks of his technology is eerily similar to the behavior of contemporary techworld figures like Palantir’s Alex Karp. — David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026

Noun

The large slats of shutters might be easier to vacuum than those of mini blinds or even cellular shades, so make a plan based on your window blind type and style. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2026

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Haslet Eaton stuns Keller Central Haslet Eaton upset Keller Central on Thursday, earning a 28-27 victory in a thriller.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026
Innanen stuns as Paul Baker — full name all the time — a Canadian newcomer to the group who becomes integral to his friends’ emotional processing all while operating as the resident Gen-Z eye candy.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of stuns

Noun

At the offices, Karp steered me briskly past open-plan tables and upholstered nooks, past signage announcing corporate fun.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
This resort is a fantastic place for sun-seekers to unwind amidst lush Mediterranean scrub, rocky nooks, translucent waters, and thalasso pools.

— CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of nooks

Noun

To that end, the bulk of the episode is about that exposure, with Lamb’s joes still scrambling for safety on multiple fronts.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
By then, Capone was fighting legal battles on several fronts, and things were beginning to unravel.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of fronts

Verb

The pilot that dazzles and the agent that survives production are rarely the same thing.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
But the film also dazzles with its exhilarating action sequences, including a one-shot car chase that thrusts you into the thick of the chaos and stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dazzles

Noun

Students at Independence Elementary School in Clarkston, Michigan, are spending their recesses and free time making bracelets, stickers and other items for a cause that is deeply personal to their school community.

— Hannah McIlree, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
Herzog’s adventurous spirit has led him to explore the furthest reaches of the globe, but also inward to map the strangest recesses of the heart.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of recesses

Noun

Only once the Buffs emptied offensive coordinator Brennan Marion’s playbook, there was nothing left to fire at McGuire’s frauds.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
In my phishing protection test, Avira successfully detected and defeated 100% of real-world phishing frauds.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of frauds

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In 90 percent of instances, if a team overwhelms another in the trenches on both sides of the ball, that team wins the game handily.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026
Revenue that overwhelms delivery teams, adds friction for customers or depends on heroic effort is not the same as scalable growth.

— Tim Dowd, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of overwhelms

Noun

Each spring, before the tractors roll in, Lundberg teams up with the California Waterfowl Association to search the cover crops for nests and collect any eggs by hand.

— Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Birds are conspicuous then – singing, defending territories, building nests and raising young.

— Amy L. Scarpignato, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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