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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day
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Recent Examples of overshadow
His hardline immigration policies, which have left some international fans feeling unwelcome in the US, are overshadowing the countdown to kickoff.
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Yet much of the very good work being done by followers of Jesus is overshadowed by many of the very bad things being done by followers of Jesus.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
It's often overshadowed by its more famous siblings, Ischia and Capri.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
Campi Flegrei Often overshadowed by Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei may actually pose the greater long-term threat.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
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Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
Yet much of the very good work being done by followers of Jesus is overshadowed by many of the very bad things being done by followers of Jesus.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
It's often overshadowed by its more famous siblings, Ischia and Capri.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
Campi Flegrei Often overshadowed by Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei may actually pose the greater long-term threat.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadow
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The radiation emanating from an AGN’s accretion disk also appears to dictate the size and orientation of its obscuring torus.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
16 June 2026
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The only question now is how much of the public's time and money the Mayor is willing to waste to obscure the numerous poor decisions her administration and the County have made for decades.—
Manuel Bojorquez,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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In the end, love and support outweighed everything else.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 2025
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Graver also backed Justice Neil Gorsuch’s suggestion that the court could clarify that states can’t treat a single IQ score in the low 70s as decisive or use other factors to outweigh IQ scores.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 Dec. 2025
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About the same time the wild pigeons, which used to darken the sun with their flights, left here, never to return.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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As the skies darkened and a swift downpour swept through the ballpark, both teams turned to their bullpens.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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By blending information from two lenses, the camera system began capturing rudimentary depth maps, blurring backgrounds to mimic the look of a professional DSLR camera.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
19 Aug. 2025
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San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus returned to the witness stand Tuesday on the second day of her removal hearing as county attorneys sought to depict her as a vindictive leader who blurred personal and professional boundaries.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Burning along the San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara County line, the sprawling wildfire had blackened a total of 96,106 acres as of Thursday morning, InciWeb reported.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Their hair was rising upwards, and they were covered with blood and dirt, and they were burned and blackened and swollen.—
Stephen Herzog,
The Conversation,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Overshadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshadow. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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