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  • n  an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
  • n  an instance of visual perception
  • n  anything that is seen
    they went to Paris to see the sights
  • n  the ability to see; the visual faculty
  • n  a range of mental vision
  • n  the range of vision
  • n  the act of looking or seeing or observing
  • n  (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
  • v  catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
  • v  take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

  • Or is he lowering his sights, as one Big Apple tabloid reported last week, and planning to take aim at the Albany statehouse in 2010 instead? "Did Mike Bloomberg become a multi .
  • Any tourist knows you can get thirsty seeing the sights, and even in the January cold, the Inauguration promises to keep a lot of people licking their (chapped) lips.
  • When he sights his foe, he flicks his index finger toward him and, without really aiming, hollers "Bang! You're dead!" His hand is an extension of his eyeand in instinct .
News & Articles

  • CHELSEA: Sounds & Sights adds dance troupe to June 20 lineup
    CHELSEA — Sounds & Sights on Thursday Nights continues its free summer concert series Thursday, June 20 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Professional artists perform at 10 staged areas located throughout downtown Chelsea featuring music, comedy, family entertainment and dance.
    June 20, 2013 - The Chelsea Standard
  • CHELSEA: Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights kicks off
    CHELSEA — The Sounds and Sights on Thursday Nights music festival started on a good note June 6, as the rain held off, and late afternoon sun came out to illuminate hundreds of smiles around the Chelsea downtown area.
    June 19, 2013 - The Chelsea Standard
  • ‘Anti-corruption rally’ sets sights on Attorney General John Swallow
    ‘Anti-corruption rally’ sets sights on Attorney General John Swallow the Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 18, 2013 04:45PM MDT A liberal-leaning group is calling on Utahns to attend an “anti-corruption rally” Wednesday in the Utah Capitol Rotunda to protest against embattled Attorney General John Swallow. The 11 a.m. demonstration will coincide with an 11:30 a.m. Capitol caucus of House ...
    June 18, 2013 - The Salt Lake Tribune
Quotes

  • Barack Obama in Indian Muslims
    Declaring the time for change has come, Obama told his supporters: "They said this day would never come. They said our sights were set too high. They said this country was too divided, too disillusioned, to come together over a common purpose."
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem Post
    Resolving borders resolves settlements, resolving Jerusalem resolves settlements,Clinton said at the weekend. "I think we need to lift our sights and instead of looking down at the trees, we need to look at the forest."

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