How to Use blind spot in a Sentence

blind spot

noun
Definition of blind spotnext
  • When driving on the highway, you need to make sure no one is in your blind spot before changing lanes.
  • Testing, once a major blind spot, has become more available.
    — NBC News, 11 Dec. 2020
  • However, the view from the inside suffers from a bit of a blind spot caused by the driver-side mirror.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2020
  • This astrological placement sheds light on your innate gifts, as well as your hard-to-see blind spots.
    — Aliza Kelly, Allure, 1 July 2024
  • Metchie, however, had an angle coming from the blind spot from Dean’s left. Boom.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 22 Dec. 2020
  • Yet the Biden administration appears to have a blind spot to these looming costs.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Addressing the economic disadvantages of the less-well-off has been a blind spot.
    — Christopher Caldwell, The New Republic, 8 Feb. 2021
  • This is the blind spot where bicyclists become invisible.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2020
  • My hope is that late-night-show hosts and bookers realize that the complete lack of Native talent on their shows is a huge blind spot for them.
    — Megh Wright, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • Heinz added that the company's critics, meanwhile, reflect a different blind spot: gameplay and mahjong tiles have evolved over decades across the country and the world.
    — Wilson Wong, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2021
  • Romney's congressional colleagues shouldn't have the same blind spot about the Kremlin — or the president.
    — Star Tribune, 21 Dec. 2020
  • For many contemporary African-American activists, race has been a blind spot for white feminists and for the feminist movement at large.
    — Nelson George Photographs By John Edmonds, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The new avionics will give it this capability of separation, thus removing a vulnerable blind spot.
    — Kevin Brown, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2020
  • One of the reasons class forms such a blind spot in these discussions is that classical music’s leaders, critics, and spokespeople are likely to be members of the privileged set themselves.
    — Robert Jackson Wood, The New Republic, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The new vehicles come with a back-up camera, 360-degree camera, and blind spot sensors in the side-view mirrors to better protect both drivers and pedestrians.
    — Purbita Saha, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2021
  • For one, this has to do with a blind spot in ICMR’s own study.
    — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Always keep other skiers in mind, and don’t stand in a blind spot.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • And then that has been a blind spot that the greater Utah community has had.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 21 July 2023
  • Chark hasn't been afraid to talk about mental health, which used to be a blind spot for many NFL players.
    — Tyler J. Davis, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The edges light up to alert the rider of other cars approaching from blind spots.
    — Tim Stevens, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Soon, Rozman cracked the bot’s code — Martin seemed to have a blind spot for pawns — and beat him, twice, laughing the whole time.
    — Reid Forgrave, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The twist Saturday was a guard coming along the baseline, in his blind spot.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Her latest magnum opus came out of her own blind spots.
    — Ted Loos, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Your discussions with Luke have hit a brick wall because Luke has a blind spot.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2021
  • In the surveillance footage available, there is a blip of a blind spot in the angles seen, a point the defense has focused on.
    — Jonathan Mattise, Star Tribune, 26 June 2021
  • And public health's data blind spot is poised to grow larger.
    — Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Instead, by turning right across his blind spot, the cab of the flatbed struck Langenkamp and knocked her off her bike, Regan said.
    — Dan Morse, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The system works via the rear radar—set above the back number plate—which sends a signal to the ECU to alert the rider that a vehicle is in the blind spot.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2021
  • Once complete, the trio of instruments will still have a big blind spot: the Southern Hemisphere.
    — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Someone may have some advice or a positive critique that can shine a light on a blind spot of yours, so don’t get defensive if others offer their two cents.
    — Tarot.com, Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2024

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