sighting
Britishnoun
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an occasion on which something is seen
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Another name for sight
Example Sentences
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With unseasonably warm weather and the start of an El Niño cycle, Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe predicts this sighting is just the start of a “very sharky summer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Islam follows a lunar calendar with each month starting at the sighting of the moon.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Long framed by a tin roof and a tent, the theater had a reputation for discomfort, as it was a source of punishing heat and the occasional mouse sighting.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
My friend was shamed for reporting a coyote sighting in her desert neighborhood on Nextdoor and took the post down.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
“First sighting was spring, tenth of this year. When Petal was taken.”
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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