dimming

verb

present participle of dim
as in darkening
to make dark, dim, or indistinct the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane

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Recent Examples of dimming Depending on the hour and humidity, the sky might be dimming or masked by fog. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 With his curiosity piqued, Rabtsevich dug through the TESS archives for more data on the same star and found an additional 22 instances of dimming. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 The head coach relieved Webb of play-calling duties Monday, at least temporarily dimming the light of an ascending coach as Payton looks for an offensive spark. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2026 But even that definition has limits, as small LEDs and local dimming zones aren’t enough to guarantee good performance. — ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026 The star in my second occultation was brighter, and the dimming much longer, so no squinting was required. — David Schneider, IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2026 Chinese leader Xi Jinping is set to arrive in Washington on Wednesday, but likely without a coterie of corporate leaders, dimming already-low expectations of potential business deals between the superpowers. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Dimming affordability Berkshire's latest purchases have come as interest rates rise, which hurt homebuilders by raising the rate on 30-year mortgages and dimming affordability. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026 The end of summer, with its dimming heat and the dregs of a luxuriously unstructured schedule, is not it. — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dimming
  1. darkening
  2. obscuring
  3. blurring
  4. blackening
  5. clouding
Verb
  • But the security backdrop in the Strait of Hormuz is darkening even as rates fall.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The neutral palette feels a little more friendly and relaxed rather than dark and serious, which adds a certain brightness back into the rapidly darkening days.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of darkening
Verb
  • Just such an October weather pattern occurred 61 years ago, obscuring predawn views of the spectacular Comet Ikeya-Seki for most observers east of the Mississippi — an ironic fate for the most brilliant comet of the 20th century.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Today’s problem is hyperscalers spending themselves into oblivion, spreading inflation well beyond Silicon Valley and obscuring problems nearly everywhere else.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of obscuring
Verb
  • However, royal commentators argue that the couple's public appearances risk blurring that distinction.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Their accounts demonstrate how AI is blurring the line between what's real and what's fake in the already fraught arena of online dating.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of blurring
Verb
  • Lines at Russian gas stations, crippled refineries, and images of burning oil depots blackening the sky lent credence to the narrative, as did blackouts and fuel shortages in Crimea.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
  • There’s more than just blackening bananas; electrodes embedded in the fruit transmit electrical signals into sound and light tones that constantly shift.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of blackening
Verb
  • Something about home or family could be distracting you in a way that’s clouding your read on your professional situation today.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond the 2022 case dismissal, in other instances, charges were never filed, information has come out clouding an accuser’s story, or Brown has counter-sued for defamation — details which complicate each story.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of clouding

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“Dimming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimming. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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