Examples of eclipse in a Sentence
The sun was partially eclipsed by the moon.
Train travel was eclipsed by the growth of commercial airlines.
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The landmark case—the first of around two dozen brought against Hezbollah members in recent weeks—offered a rare window into the fraught push to curb a militant group that has long eclipsed the country’s own Army.
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Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Xhaka then recommended Nordi Mukiele, who had been on loan from Paris Saint-Germain with him at Bayer Leverkusen, and Sunderland had three players who eclipsed any of Chelsea’s on Sunday.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Leapfrogs OpenAI With the latest funding round, which was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, Anthropic eclipses OpenAI in valuation for the first time.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
South Korean memory giant SK Hynix eclipsed that market cap threshold in today’s trading in South Korea.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Xhaka then recommended Nordi Mukiele, who had been on loan from Paris Saint-Germain with him at Bayer Leverkusen, and Sunderland had three players who eclipsed any of Chelsea’s on Sunday.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 29 May 2026
Leapfrogs OpenAI With the latest funding round, which was led by Altimeter Capital, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia Capital, Anthropic eclipses OpenAI in valuation for the first time.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
South Korean memory giant SK Hynix eclipsed that market cap threshold in today’s trading in South Korea.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 May 2026
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“Eclipse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eclipse. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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eclipse
1 of 2 noun
1
a
: the total or partial hiding of a planet, star, or moon by another
b
: the passing into the shadow of a planet, star, or moon
2
: a falling into disgrace or out of use or public favor
eclipse
2 of 2 verb
eclipsed; eclipsing
1
: to cause an eclipse of
2
a
: to reduce in importance
b
: to do or be much better than : outshine
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