1
as in obscuring
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day
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as in outweighing
to be greater in importance than
later you'll find that verbal skills overshadow any skills you have at video games
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Recent Examples of overshadowing
But here, too, the emphasis on operational success risks overshadowing the political aftermath.
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Cristina Guevara, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And for better or worse, humanoids are overshadowing everything else, raising questions about what will happen if the companies building them ultimately do not succeed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
Nike — The apparel giant dropped 10% after its fiscal second quarter results showed a 17% drop in China sales, overshadowing better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the period.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Juniper is the opposite, but family stress is overshadowing festivity this year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
But the company’s business in North America slowed, overshadowing dramatic growth abroad.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
With the big name free agents overshadowing the Blue Jays' offseason so far, losing a 29-year-old infielder to the Athletics in free agency fell under the radar.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
But emphasizing misleading stats risks overshadowing the need to allocate resources for interventions where numbers are much higher.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Cristina Guevara, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
And for better or worse, humanoids are overshadowing everything else, raising questions about what will happen if the companies building them ultimately do not succeed.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2025
Nike — The apparel giant dropped 10% after its fiscal second quarter results showed a 17% drop in China sales, overshadowing better-than-expected earnings and revenue for the period.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
Juniper is the opposite, but family stress is overshadowing festivity this year.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
But the company’s business in North America slowed, overshadowing dramatic growth abroad.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
With the big name free agents overshadowing the Blue Jays' offseason so far, losing a 29-year-old infielder to the Athletics in free agency fell under the radar.
—Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
Actors like Eric Bogosian and Jason Schwartzman waltz in and schmooze it up as vampires living their best afterlives, completely overshadowing Denton, who’s stuck in noob-human mode and doesn’t progress much past that.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
But emphasizing misleading stats risks overshadowing the need to allocate resources for interventions where numbers are much higher.
—Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadowing
Verb
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The video screen split into panels that lifted up and down throughout the show, always obscuring a large part of the stage.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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Breaking up or obscuring the reflection makes the glass visible to birds, preventing them from hitting your windows.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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High prices are outweighing other economic concerns, with 71% of those surveyed saying their income just matches or falls short of their monthly expenses.—
Scott Horsley,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
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The researchers also found that this would be cost-effective, with minimal risks from radiation exposure or biopsies outweighing the potential to save lives.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
24 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The almost imperceptible pigment is an immediate boost of pore- and fine line-blurring prowess.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
6 Jan. 2026
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Among other things, conservatives accused the consultancy of operating as a multibillion-dollar dark money ATM for left-wing causes, allowing foreign money to flow into American politics, and blurring the lines between charitable work and political advocacy.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Our planet is darkening too, as Earth's reflectivity, or albedo, is dropping to near-record lows due to melting ice and reduced snow cover that expose darker surfaces that absorb even more heat.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Farther up, on Observatory Hill, tall cryptomeria trees were silhouetted in the darkening evening, and down in the valleys, lights winked on like reflections of the planets and stars appearing in the sky.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Overshadowing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshadowing. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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