as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze
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Hadid kept her accessories monochromatic and simple, partially obscuring her face with a pair of oversized dark brown sunglasses and adding a brown leather skinny belt around her hips.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
13 Apr. 2026 -
To make your windows sparkle, make sure there are no smudges obscuring the spring sunlight.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
2 Apr. 2026
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In some cases, the distortion of Zionism feeds into this trend, blurring the line between political critique and the delegitimization of the Jewish right to self-determination.—
Elad Strohmayer,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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However, money has a way of blurring a league’s vision.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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The industry is grappling with these logistical hurdles against a backdrop of darkening economic sentiment.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
23 Apr. 2026
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The economist Adam Posen on the effect of the war in Iran on the world’s economy and the darkening economic outlook for the United States.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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And Hanceville’s fate is as murky as the fog that pours in at night, blotting out buildings and blackening the road ahead.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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These tungsten atoms would then condense on the slightly cooler inside of the glass bulb, blackening it and dimming the light over time.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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These events are very brief, often only a few hours, and NGRST will repeatedly observe the same locations at a 15-minute cadence, providing the opportunity to capture much of the curve of the brightening and dimming.—
JOHN TIMMER,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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Select an alarm clock with a light-dimming feature and a battery backup in case of power outages.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Bedimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedimming. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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