dint

noun

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\ ˈdint

Definition of dint

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : force, power

2 : dent entry 2

3 archaic : blow, stroke

by dint of

: by force of : because of succeeded by dint of hard work

dint

verb

dinted; dinting; dints

Definition of dint (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1 : to make a dent in

2 : to impress or drive in with force

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Noun left a small dint in the car's fender

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Simply by dint of provenance, Postecoglou was unacceptable. — Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 31 May 2021 This latest memoir is a testimony to her determination to transcend her anxieties and find her way in life by dint of physical exertion and spiritual epiphanies. — Heller Mcalpin, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 May 2021 But striated caracaras — colloquially known as Johnny rooks — are special by dint of their rarity and their far-flung homeland. — Washington Post, 7 May 2021 In other words, the global wealth creation system has tipped in favor of those who achieve it by dint of their own efforts within their lifetimes. — Justin Doebele, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021 For Steinberg, Cubism was not a preformed optical or physical space, like a preexistent receptacle, but a space comparable to that engendered by language, or music—a space generated by dint of successive utterance. — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 27 Apr. 2021 By dint of our vaccine order, COVID-19 will start looking like a disease of the young. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 21 Apr. 2021 By dint of its outsized influence, America’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange represents a bellwether for the industry at large. — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021 Raising her four daughters and young son by dint of loans, limited family legacies and hand-me-downs, Alice of Greece would eventually seek solace in religion and become a nun. — Time, 9 Apr. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence. — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021

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