as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see
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as in stare
a fixed intent look
suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable
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Recent Examples of gaze
Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Here, visitors with otherwise short attention spans may gaze at the watery offerings for hours, giggling at the antics of Atlantic puffins, gasping at the sight of blacktip reef sharks and basking in the biodiversity of the 13,000 organisms that have captivated crowds for 44 years.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2025
Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
One cute highlight is a very young Miley Cyrus giving the camera quite a serious gaze while riding a pink, toddler-sized trike with handlebar tassels.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 15 June 2025
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Verb
The men gazed at me without surprise, as though a Chinese woman walked in here every day.
—Eileen Chang, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
Here, visitors with otherwise short attention spans may gaze at the watery offerings for hours, giggling at the antics of Atlantic puffins, gasping at the sight of blacktip reef sharks and basking in the biodiversity of the 13,000 organisms that have captivated crowds for 44 years.
—Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 17 June 2025
Noun
Though the maneuver took place under the watchful gaze of ground control, the satellites aligned and maintained their relative positions, down to a single millimeter, autonomously.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
One cute highlight is a very young Miley Cyrus giving the camera quite a serious gaze while riding a pink, toddler-sized trike with handlebar tassels.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 15 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaze
Verb
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Far too often, business leaders get caught staring at the wrong gauges—hyper-focused on vanity metrics, internal politics or the crisis of the week.—
Ryan Kunkel,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Captured in the early morning, the video shows the woman entering her kitchen to find her partner staring at a grey cat, which is nonchalantly eating from a bowl on the floor.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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Lucy had been watching Helen for some weeks, on tip-toes, her eye pressed to the peephole.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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Move forward a few decades, and no one bats an eye at someone using Excel to perform calculations.—
John Schneider,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Browns Canyon Dynamic granite walls stretch above the Arkansas River like a castle’s watchtowers: Both paddlers and anglers alike gawk skyward in appreciation of the geological glory of Browns Canyon.—
Morgan Tilton,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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About 20 minutes later, however, the whirring device crept back to gawk some more at her personal space.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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