dwarfed

past tense of dwarf

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dwarfed While Amazon Web Services remains the leader in the business of renting computing power, its 17% revenue growth in the second quarter was dwarfed by smaller rivals. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025 And the amount of attention given to these legacy medleys inexplicably dwarfed some of the high-profile modern pop performers. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwarfed
Verb
  • Air defenses downed or suppressed 52 drones, the air force said, with the missile and six drones impacting across three locations.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Although Canon had mandated that the Cat's programmability be suppressed, the IAI team nevertheless maintained the ability to compute expressions, which Canon permitted as an extension of the editor metaphor.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Electric Dusk arrived as Motown was reincorporated into Capitol Music Group, creating instability that somewhat stunted the record’s potential.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t harvest cilantro that is too small or its growth may be stunted and leaves may lack flavor.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Even if military victory in the conventional sense remains uncertain, Russia has been diminished in ways that extend far beyond the battlefield.
    Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The result can mean fatigue, irritability and diminished mental focus for the individual tasked with working in the heat.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.
    Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Preseason injuries and an abysmal start to the game halted any opportunity for the Dolphins to dominate on the ground, but where does that leave them moving forward?
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His administration’s cuts have already shrunk the agency’s staff.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Other tech giants have similarly shrunk their workforce because of AI.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Labor shortages have shrunk harvests while tariffs have upped import prices.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
  • My eyes shrunk to slits, trying to spot the glow sticks that The Medellín Cartel had affixed to their bounty, which slowly lit up the water’s surface like fluorescent fireflies.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That alone is amazing, said Timbrook, Depue and a representative for the soft body armor vest that stopped a bullet from piercing the officer’s chest.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Clearly, when the justice reform was stopped was one point in time, in [20]21.
    Leila Fadel, NPR, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Congress has long blocked that increase from taking effect, with lawmakers from both parties fearful about the political fallout of voting themselves a pay raise.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But the initiative was quickly blocked in court on procedural grounds and later rescinded by the Biden administration.
    Tami Luhby, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Dwarfed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwarfed. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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