eyeshot

noun

eye·​shot ˈī-ˌshät How to pronounce eyeshot (audio)
: the range of the eye : view

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Biscayne National Park Visitors are often surprised to learn there’s a national park within eyeshot of downtown Miami’s skyscrapers. AFAR Media, 11 July 2025 In the meantime, Claude scrutinized the room, alternately winking and scowling at the residents and care workers within eyeshot before diligently watching the door. Hazlitt, 18 June 2025 Think: an Auguste Rodin ballerina in eyeshot of Deana Lawson portraits; Marlene Dumas canvases in conversation with nearby Peter Doigs; a Richard Avedon photograph meeting one by Anne Imhof. Mark Guiducci, Vogue, 17 Mar. 2025 The sides of the stage with LED screens will also become more flush with the stage, reducing distraction for musicians once in eyeshot of the monitors. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eyeshot

Word History

First Known Use

1600, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of eyeshot was in 1600

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“Eyeshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eyeshot. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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