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to hold back the normal growth of
shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water
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Recent Examples of dwarfed
Authorities released a photo showing the towering waterfront home dwarfed by flames and clouds of black smoke.
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Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
However, those cities also dwarfed Milwaukee’s population of 600,000.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
The number of people who saw it on Netflix and Peacock has dwarfed the original way it was released.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
Master Chief, much like the Doom Slayer, dwarfed most of his foes and was nigh-on invulnerable.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
In fact, disengagement from competitions overseas would increase dangers to the United States; the paltry savings realized would be dwarfed by the eventual cost of responding to unchecked and undeterred threats to American security, prosperity, and influence.
—H. R. McMaster, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
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
Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
However, those cities also dwarfed Milwaukee’s population of 600,000.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2025
The number of people who saw it on Netflix and Peacock has dwarfed the original way it was released.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2025
Master Chief, much like the Doom Slayer, dwarfed most of his foes and was nigh-on invulnerable.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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
In fact, disengagement from competitions overseas would increase dangers to the United States; the paltry savings realized would be dwarfed by the eventual cost of responding to unchecked and undeterred threats to American security, prosperity, and influence.
—H. R. McMaster, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2020
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
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However, these cells are normally suppressed by testosterone and kept in check by the body’s overall hormone balance.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
26 Oct. 2025
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The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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However, their progress has been stunted due to the fragile nature of qubits.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Helene has stunted that growth.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nobody Wants This doesn’t fall off a creative cliff in its second season, but a lot of the charm is diminished.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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That’s not going to eliminate the nest, and ants may return when the chemical residue has diminished.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Hegseth also warned that such strikes would continue until those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States halted their operations.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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A number of America's top employers have halted their sponsorship of H-1B visas for certain roles.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That said, the share of respondents choosing the GOPs has shrunk, falling from 54% in 2024 and 57% in 2023.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
21 Oct. 2025
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For her next trick, Halsey has shrunk the venues, with a persona that seems at least as large in a looser mode.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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Yes, maybe Israel’s room to maneuver has shrunk in some ways, but that still seems very far from an international solution being forced upon them in Gaza, where foreign troops help pave the way for a Palestinian state or something.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Small and medium-sized enterprises also shrank by about 71,000, or 14 percent, though most of that loss was recouped within five years.—
Ugo Troiano,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As part of that process, Netflix stopped disclosing its subscribers at the end of last year.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Weekly updates from the more specific FluView have stopped, as have summary reports from RESP-NET that tracks hospitalizations for Covid-19, flu and RSV from a network of hospitals across the country.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Moscow has been accused of hybrid warfare measures in the region; German media outlet Kieler Nachrichten reported Thursday that the Russian amphibious Ropucha-class landing ship Aleksandr Shabalin anchored off the German coast and blocked a key shipping route between the Baltic and the North Seas.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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This was the first time since June 10 of that year, when Draymond Green blocked a Kyle Lowry 3-pointer at the buzzer and sent that matchup back to Oakland, that the city had played host to a championship series game.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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