dwarfs 1 of 2

variants also dwarves
plural of dwarf

dwarfs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dwarf

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dwarfs
Noun
But the big one, the mortgage payment, dwarfs all. Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025 His social media footprint dwarfs that of even Timothée Chalamet. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Ultimately, this isn’t a surprise—on one hand, the $100 million already mobilized to shape AI policy and regulation feels like a lot, but that number absolutely dwarfs the billions a16z manages and that OpenAI has raised. Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 And yet there is a 17-year-old kid, from a hockey desert, who dwarfs Chara. Chris Branch, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025 The scenic appeal is undeniable, nature’s majestic prose both frames and dwarfs the tumultuous affectations of the characters. Holly Jones, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025 The frigate sale to Australia dwarfs that missile deal. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dwarfs
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the virtuous, near-immortal elves of Lothlórien are depicted living peacefully in a realm of lush flora and elaborate tree-houses.
    Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025
  • All of the workers who are playing the elves have either been killed in horrible ways or beheaded, and their heads are used as tree toppers, and their intestines are strung on the Christmas trees.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Amnesty also argues that the ban suppresses expression across the wider pro-Palestinian movement, an assertion that the government rebukes.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The extent to which AI directly suppresses job growth is difficult to determine, but the perception of instability is real.
    Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • To some, the creatures that purportedly visited Kelly — about eight miles north of Hopkinsville — became known as goblins.
    Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
  • A lot of the folktales referenced in Rabbit Trap are drawn from this one text from 1880, called British Goblins, from an American anthropologist called Wirt Sikes, who traveled through Wales, collected stories and sightings of goblins and fairies.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Antihydra almost certainly never halts.
    Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More than 50 Democratic lawmakers fled the state earlier this week, a decision that halts action on redistricting, as well as other bills in the legislature.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The lottery fairies have given you more time.
    Enquirer staff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Aug. 2025
  • While the indoor show will be missing the trees and outdoor ambiance, DeLancett and Hayes worked to craft photo ops with mermaids, fairies, wizards and birds of prey.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • More importantly, the narrative explores both sides of the conflict from the POV of grunts and 'nobodies' trying to navigate the post-Civil War state of the galaxy before the fighting stops.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As the images progress, the left pupil shrinks to a narrow black speck while the right eye remains normally dilated, giving the feline an unmistakably lopsided expression.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As the number of humanities students shrinks, the proportion of those who come from the upper 1% is rising fast.
    Liz Doe Stone, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Give ample space to large vehicles - Trucks or buses can create a water spray that diminishes visibility.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Every moment that data remains static in a system diminishes its accuracy and significance.
    Bill Waid, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Dwarfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dwarfs. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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