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to overpower with light
the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants
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Recent Examples of blinded
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
You may have been temporarily blinded; rethink a matter that’s been at the forefront of your mind.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 8 Jan. 2026
He was blinded by the thick smoke that enveloped the club but was pulled to safety by a stranger.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 4 Jan. 2026
As a bonus, after Cordelia is blinded by acid thrown on her face, Paulson got to don some of her beloved prosthetics to appear chemically burned.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2025
The actor joins the Disney+ show in season 2 as the villain Polyphemus, the giant cyclops who was blinded by Odysseus and complicates the demigods' quest for the Golden Fleece in the Sea of Monsters.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Dec. 2025
Many Democratic loyalists who were blinded by frustration over Biden’s stubborn streak now appear open to hearing his version of what happened.
—Philip Elliott, Time, 5 Dec. 2025
McRaney approached the role not as a villain, but as a man blinded by pride.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 23 Nov. 2025
The incident blinded him in one eye.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
One of the critical risks to patient privacy is the accidental inclusion of personally identifiable information in what is supposed to be a blinded data payload.
—Verb
You may have been temporarily blinded, give a rethink to a matter that’s been at the forefront of your mind.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
Verb
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Eleven, the show’s telekinetic heroine, who grew up in a lab, became dazed by the number of clothing options at the Gap.—
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Firefighters were trying to put out flames, others were trying to find victims inside, Sanford's truck was still there and church members who'd just survived the horror were on the lawn, dazed.—
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However, her exit early into the show’s final season left fans stunned and wondering why.—
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With Jones looking born again, the Colts have stunned the football world by getting out to a 7-2 record, which puts them in first place in the AFC South and is the second-best record in the conference behind only the Denver Broncos.—
Adjective
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Austin Deculus, Bobby Hart and Trevor Penning also have had an opportunity to serve as quarterback Justin Herbert’s blind-side protector after first Slater and then Alt went down with serious injuries.—
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As an example from the story, Walpole recalled how the three princes realized that a mule was blind in its right eye after observing that only the grass on the left side of the road had been eaten.—
Verb
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We may be dazzled by feats of intellect, but knowledge is ultimately taken in through the body.—
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Wyle wore a burgundy suit with a beige shirt and tie, while his wife dazzled in a gold sleeveless floor-length dress.—
Adjective
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Just look at this non-fight with Austen that Craig turns into a big deal by handling the situation as deftly as a blindfolded juggler with vertigo.—
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In one experiment, scientists asked blindfolded participants to sniff out a 33-foot chocolate trail through grass.—
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Then there’s the additional intrigue of just how Bocelli makes his way through the world, as a sightless person, constantly on the go.—
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These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.—
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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