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dimension

[dih-men-shuhn, dahy-] / dɪˈmɛn ʃən, daɪ- /


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Intrigued by the vague mixture of menace and nostalgia that the image evoked, internet users began sharing stories and speculating that the Backrooms is a hidden dimension into which people might accidentally find themselves.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Some analysts say AI has brought a new dimension to the dramatic boom-and-bust cycles the memory chip industry is known for.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The debate took on another dimension with the sudden death of Lindsey Graham at 71 after what his office described as a brief illness.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

His penalty record, two taken and two scored, adds another dimension.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

I walk her to the door and she makes a face like we’ve just stepped into an alternate dimension and she has no idea how to react.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Given the limitation of personal screens, this only reveals the varying frame dimensions, but it’s pretty fun to flick through them.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Benjamin Myers’s introduction to “The Spire” is the most useful: clear, attentive to structure, properly alert to the novel’s historical and symbolic dimensions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Legal experts have noted that consumers are unlikely to have any legal case against the retailer because the oversized dimensions of the pant legs put them in the category of obvious risk.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

"The hunt takes place in two different dimensions really and that's about as far as I can say at the moment."

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Had gravity been a trifle stronger, the universe itself might have collapsed like a badly erected tent without precisely the right values to give it the right dimensions and density and component parts.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

This has drastic consequences for the way in which flood protection must be dimensioned.

From Science Daily Nov. 10, 2023

U. S. Ambassador Woods called for tinned meat, condensed milk, flour, underclothing, galvanized iron, dimensioned timber to provide food and shelter for the refugees.

From Time Magazine Archive

An airshaft dimensioned like a coffin was built into the bedrooms.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The details, fully dimensioned, are shown separately in figs.

From An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design by Low, David Allan

The factory made elaborate detailed dimensioned drawings, marked with every permitted kind and degree of variation—as many as four hundred drawings to a single aeroplane.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir




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