as in obscures
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 dims
Those coal emissions also help create a haze that dims visibility for people experiencing the outdoors, something that is important to Colorado’s economy and state identity.
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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Band Industries has cooked in a battery save feature that dims the display after 60 seconds of inactivity, and then turns it off completely after another couple of minutes.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
In reality, the tests for battery life and brightness are separate, and brightness dims as the battery drains.
—Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
The light dims, the temperatures drop, and suddenly the world asks you to become your own source of warmth.
—Brooke Devard Ozaydinli, Refinery29, 11 Dec. 2025
Her certainty falters as the light from the mothership dims, the last traces of the hive connection dying above them.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
As the fire dims to embers, a thousand eyes open above me.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As the outlook for crude prices dims, the ability of these funds — and the small group of people who control them — to project power and influence across the world looks undiminished.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The atomic method does not need calibration; the rate at which fluorescence dims depending on the vacuum pressure can be calculated accurately.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2026
Band Industries has cooked in a battery save feature that dims the display after 60 seconds of inactivity, and then turns it off completely after another couple of minutes.
—New Atlas, 9 Jan. 2026
In reality, the tests for battery life and brightness are separate, and brightness dims as the battery drains.
—Adam Trenkamp, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
The light dims, the temperatures drop, and suddenly the world asks you to become your own source of warmth.
—Brooke Devard Ozaydinli, Refinery29, 11 Dec. 2025
Her certainty falters as the light from the mothership dims, the last traces of the hive connection dying above them.
—Jp Mangalindan, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
As the fire dims to embers, a thousand eyes open above me.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
As the outlook for crude prices dims, the ability of these funds — and the small group of people who control them — to project power and influence across the world looks undiminished.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
The atomic method does not need calibration; the rate at which fluorescence dims depending on the vacuum pressure can be calculated accurately.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dims
Verb
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The chaos and controversy obscures positive developments that are occurring in Broward schools every day.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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Amarnath told Fortune the political rhetoric around reshoring often obscures the reality facing manufacturers operating in the present tense.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This higher temperature darkens the paste, slightly caramelizes the sugar, and deactivates enzymes that would otherwise break down pectin, resulting in a thicker, more cooked-tasting product.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Jan. 2026
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Every night from January 2 – 4, the super Wolf Moon can be seen in the eastern sky as the sky darkens, rising higher and moving southward as midnight draws near, according to BBC Sky at Night Magazine.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
Verb
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As a popular fantasy series takes over his town, the line between fact and fiction blurs.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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The new position blurs that line even more.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Dims.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dims. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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