- plural of spectacle.
spectacles
Example Sentences
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A 2013 push by Google failed to take off but Meta's smart spectacles, developed in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica, have fared much better.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
Harry Styles’ queer residency, and other spectacles like it, are what is left until a new bygone era arrives in time.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Some people are using the glasses — which look like a pair of regular spectacles — to record people without their knowledge and publish the videos on social media.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
The spectacles have also thrust airlines, their employees and customers into uncomfortable—and potentially dangerous—confrontations in airports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
More than once since arriving in America, I had followed a man in the crowd, drawn by my father’s familiar gait or the wink of sunlight across his gold-rimmed spectacles.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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