fresh eyes

A form of fresh pair of eyes — Another person who will be able to provide a fresh outlook on an issue; an unbiased observer.

Meanings

nounfresh eyes pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of fresh pair of eyes.

    These videos also allow us to register through fresh eyes the hyperabundance that exists in our country, and experience just how uncanny some of it really is.

    2026 July 9, Sophie Haigney, “World Cup Tourists Are Giving Americans Exactly What We Crave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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    Practicing transformative justice requires local prosecutors to look at their office's mission and jurisdiction with fresh eyes, and to challenge their institution's assumptions with regard to the kinds of laws the office ought to be enforcing and the kinds of enforcement actions it ought to be bringing.

    2021 March 10, “Prosecuting in the Police-less City: Police Abolition's Impact on Local Prosecutors”, in Harvard Law Review, volume 134, page 1873
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APA

fresh eyes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresh%20eyes

MLA

“fresh eyes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresh%20eyes. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fresh eyes,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fresh%20eyes.

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