spectacles
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Spectacles were also crucial to Aldous Huxley, who said he became a writer rather than a physician due to his poor vision.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Spectacles have remained largely the same for decades.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
Snap’s Spectacles are truly horrid, like something you’d wear as part of a half-assed Andy Warhol costume on Halloween.
From Slate • Sep. 26, 2024
Named Spectacles, Snap’s latest eyewear overlays computer-generated images onto a person’s view of the physical world.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2024
Spectacles slid down his nose, and he looked out with beautiful, dark eyes—her papa's eyes.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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