as in dent
a sunken area forming a separate space
left a small dint in the car's fender
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Recent Examples of dint
Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The turnaround at the most unlikely Five Below continues through dint of great management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Noun
The challenge is that by dint of being more practical, at the introductory level these subjects are less inherently complex with fewer multi-step cognitive-skill-building puzzles to be solved.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The turnaround at the most unlikely Five Below continues through dint of great management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
But as similar fights play out in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, repeated complaints about fraud could dint public faith in the electoral process.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dint
Noun
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Now that Musk has massively tarnished the brand with his public embrace of far-right ideologies, putting a major dent in its cars’ desirability, and competition in the space is stronger than ever, particularly from China, the richest man in the world is ready to move on to his next shiny obsession.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sector has sold off in recent months on worries that new AI tools will deteriorate demand for their workflows and licenses and put a dent in long-standing revenue models.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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This week’s forecast, appropriately enough, calls for sunshine and temperatures in the mid-70s for the 72-hole event.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Across the street, crime scene investigators took photos of a silver Chevy car, which had at least one bullet hole in its front windshield.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Most football fans are sick of being tarnished by the behaviour of a minority.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2026
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The ensuing political turmoil and power vacuum in the country tarnished its international image and rattled its diplomacy and financial markets.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
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Amazon’s outdoor furniture section is packed with discounts on everything from egg chairs to small-space-friendly fire pit tables.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Jan. 2026
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Right in the middle of Brooklyn, that part where Gowanus and Carroll Gardens meet, is a log cabin with roaring fire pits out front and split-log patio chairs.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Officials have renewed their search for an inspector general candidate after the city botched the process last year.—
Devyani Chhetri,
Dallas Morning News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Since the company first started lifting the satellites to space in 2019, streaks of light have botched countless observations.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Public opinion has also soured against encampments and blight in recent years, fueling election promises of faster solutions to homelessness.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Neither the corner nor the buildings to be torn down are blighted.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Dint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dint. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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