Definitions
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- adjective having greatly reduced vision
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Examples
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Things were looking good – as good as they can for a near-blind 93-year-old with a generous and kind heart.
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In Florida Robert Kingett, a near-blind student who suffers from tunnel vision and other conditions, says the Kindle is just a useless slab of plastic for him.
David Rothman: How e-Books Could Smarten Up Kids and Stretch Library Dollars: A National Plan 2009
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Shoko Asahara, the near-blind Japanese cult leader who masterminded the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, hangs this month for killing twenty-seven people and injuring about 5,000 more in a string of nerve gassings and other attacks.
Calendar 2007
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Shoko Asahara, the near-blind Japanese cult leader who masterminded the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway, hangs this month for killing twenty-seven people and injuring about 5,000 more in a string of nerve gassings and other attacks.
Calendar 2007
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For the moment at least, he envied the crippled and near-blind Jack Houston.
The Safe 2006
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In the China of today, though, someone like Hu Jia just doesn't quietly disappear, and when state agents abducted him again last December, near-blind family friend Zheng Mingfang went straight to the streets and did what she could, walking up to strangers and explaining Hu's situation, collecting signatures for a petition calling for his release.
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For the moment at least, he envied the crippled and near-blind Jack Houston.
The Safe 2006
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Bush is a heartless slob, so now he picks on a near-blind reporter shame on him!
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One day he told me the most beautiful story about when he was a boy and he used to become the "hands" for his near-blind Italian grandmother and "cook" with her.
POSITIVE VIBES: Adventures In Light Rail #1: "The Metro, Katie & Me!" MaksimSmelchak 2007
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Six years of near-blind allegiance to bad leadership, being referred to as “patriotism,” is more than enough.
Democratic Senator Hospitalized for ‘Possible Stroke’ - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006
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