reading glasses
plural noun
: eyeglasses used for reading or close work
… each button on the phone has one large number and three tiny letters squeezed about it so you have to squint real hard, especially if you don't have your reading glasses on.—
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After Mary was arrested, Michelle and Kaj bought her items from the commissary online: a tube of cocoa-butter lotion, a pack of playing cards, some Kraft jalapeño spread, a flour tortilla, and a pair of reading glasses.
—Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Among his requisites are his passport, chargers, toiletries, eye drops, Apple Watch, sunglasses, reading glasses, notebook, and Sharpies.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2025
These lenses require bifocals or reading glasses for near activities.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
One removes one’s reading glasses from one’s pocket and puts them on.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Use the five compartments to hold everything from sunglasses and reading glasses to necklaces and rings, then roll up the case and bring it in your bag.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Find some reading glasses, pursued by the daughter of an aged patient, left behind in a bedside table.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
There were misplaced reading glasses, which made the Torah recitation — a pressure point in any bar mitzvah — a little bit more fraught.
—John Leland, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
It’s got a three-button closure for a versatile fit, and two hip pockets for holding your phone, remote, reading glasses, or just warming up chilly hands.
—Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
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Sarah Stillman, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Among his requisites are his passport, chargers, toiletries, eye drops, Apple Watch, sunglasses, reading glasses, notebook, and Sharpies.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2025
These lenses require bifocals or reading glasses for near activities.
—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 23 Mar. 2025
One removes one’s reading glasses from one’s pocket and puts them on.
—Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
Use the five compartments to hold everything from sunglasses and reading glasses to necklaces and rings, then roll up the case and bring it in your bag.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 22 Feb. 2025
Find some reading glasses, pursued by the daughter of an aged patient, left behind in a bedside table.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
There were misplaced reading glasses, which made the Torah recitation — a pressure point in any bar mitzvah — a little bit more fraught.
—John Leland, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2024
It’s got a three-button closure for a versatile fit, and two hip pockets for holding your phone, remote, reading glasses, or just warming up chilly hands.
—Clint Davis, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Reading glasses.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reading%20glasses. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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