blind spot

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This limitation has left scientists with a major blind spot at the scales where vertical mixing occurs.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Both women say it happened in a blind spot in a dark stairwell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

A London-based eye-surgeon has described how he himself underwent emergency surgery for a detached retina after a blind spot appeared in his right eye.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

The situation has been flagged by members of Congress as a regulatory blind spot.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

The mistake we make in thinking of character as something unified and all-encompassing is very similar to a kind of blind spot in the way we process information.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell