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contact lens

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as in eyeglasses

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Recent Examples of contact lens Ophthalmologist-tested, the formula is approved for sensitive eyes and contact lens wearers, creating length and volume without weighing lashes down. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2026 Jana may encourage Cooper to consider merging its contact lens business with rival Bausch + Lomb, the Journal reported. — Yun Li, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025 In 2018, the Google spinoff Verily shelved its high-profile program to develop a glucose-sensing contact lens that would spare diabetes patients from needle sticks. — Annalisa Merelli, STAT, 8 Apr. 2026 The system's primary wearable component is an incredibly thin, flexible layer of clear, skin-safe PDMS plastic, worn on your eyeball like a contact lens. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for contact lens

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McGregor has floated big-money boxing and bareknuckle spectacles, and recently claimed Terence Crawford turned down a nine-figure two-fight deal to face him.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Celebrity weddings are often grand spectacles, and Swift is a billionaire.

— Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 4 July 2026

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Like its existing Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley smart glasses lines, the new designs are developed with EssilorLuxxottica — the group that also owns Prada eyewear, rumored to be Meta’s next collaborator.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 7 July 2026
Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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