Thesaurus results for GLASSES

glasses

noun

plural of glass

as in sunglasses

a pair of lenses set in a frame that is held in place with ear supports and which are usually worn to correct vision I'm a little nearsighted, so I'm going to need glasses

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Recent Examples of glasses In 2020 Minassian was invited to design the first products of the Caviar collection, charger caviar holder trays and glasses. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 Viewed through glasses with electronic shutters that expose each eye to its respective image, the final picture optically intrudes into actual space. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 The company didn’t provide specific figures, but 7 million glasses were sold in 2025, and with this year’s sales so far, that puts the likely number of offenders in the thousands. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Unions and workers worry that AI will take their jobs, and lawmakers are trying to tackle privacy and safety issues as AI features get added into smart glasses and toys. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026 Mark Zuckerberg’s company is giving all smart glasses a bad name, said Anthony Spadafora in Tom’s Guide. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 Sep. 2026 Meta is rolling out an obvious fix to make its AI glasses less creepy amid backlash over the glasses’ non-consensual recordings that have flooded the Internet. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026

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spectacles

Noun

But Falcon Heavy is still one of the spectacles that draw crowds for its launch.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
These spectacles drew criticism from animal welfare advocates, who sued the farm.

— Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026

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