as in darkened
being without light or without much light
a dimmed lounge where students like to rest and sleep
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane
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Upload another holiday album full of pictures where her left hand is hidden or obscured.—
Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
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But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.—
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Without robust funding, some labs will simply go dark.—
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From Walgreens and Red Lobster to Big Lots and Family Dollar, hundreds of retail locations went dark as part of an ongoing, years-long trend oft attributed to the ongoing economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the prevalence of online shopping.—
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The initial impression of prestige clouded critical considerations like fit, costs and expertise needed to address your challenges.—
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From my own personal trauma and experiences hearing false accusations about him all the time clouded my judgement and got the best of me.—
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But those accomplishments were overshadowed by stubbornly high, post-pandemic inflation that resulted in higher-than-pre-pandemic prices.—
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Yet his term was also marked by challenges, such as the Iran hostage crisis, which overshadowed his re-election bid in 1980.—
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“Dimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dimmed. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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