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
Emma Alpern, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Chalamet spends an hour in the house, sitting in the very bedroom where a young Robert Zimmerman gazed out at snowy ground and pondered his future.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Professor Zoellner has graciously consented to briefly withdraw his critical gaze from high art and cast an eye for SPIN at pop and rock lyrics.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The journalists head over to a set of bleacher seats to gaze onto the nominees eating dinner like visitors at a bookish human zoo.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Chalamet spends an hour in the house, sitting in the very bedroom where a young Robert Zimmerman gazed out at snowy ground and pondered his future.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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The catch for employees shifting their gaze elsewhere is that most of those who quit their jobs eventually regret their decision, data suggests.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
Professor Zoellner has graciously consented to briefly withdraw his critical gaze from high art and cast an eye for SPIN at pop and rock lyrics.
—Tom Zoellner, SPIN, 27 Nov. 2024
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No one gave him a talk on how to react when people stare at him walking through an airport or dropping his head to get through a doorway.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
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Doug Brown, director of stewardship at the Berkshire Natural Resources Council, a nonprofit that maintains nearly 14,000 acres of wild land and over 60 miles of trails in this western Massachusetts county, stares into the distant haze, shielding his eyes from the sun.Sophie Ungerleider, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024
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Vance has largely stayed out of the public eye since the Nov. 5 election aside from shepherding Trump's Cabinet nominees around Capitol Hill.DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND GARY ROBERTSON THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The trick is to make the eye pay attention to everything but those not-so-realistic branches.Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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Clingan’s face lit up, and teammates couldn’t help but gawk over the rings.Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 18 Nov. 2024
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The Washington Post, New Yorker and New York Times all searched for answers, gawking at the hundreds of millions Trump spent on golf properties without uncovering the source of the funds.Dan Alexander, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Gaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaze. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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