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Despite the dim lighting and gentle music, I was nowhere near a state of Zen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

To be fair, not everyone in the military shares such a dim view of their leader.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

These ancient variable stars are especially important because they brighten and dim in a predictable pattern.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 5, 2026

Hainaut called for the number of orbiting satellites to be limited to 100,000 -- and that they be made dim enough to be invisible to the naked eye.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

I shoot baskets in the dim back-door light.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

While Premier League referees have generally allowed the Meat Wall plenty of latitude, it’s possible World Cup referees will take a dimmer view of the tactic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

For that to happen, earnings won’t need to necessarily disappoint; rather, investors can choose to take a dimmer view on the immense corporate investment in AI-related data centers.

From MarketWatch ● May 3, 2026

M dwarf stars are smaller, cooler, and dimmer than our Sun, yet most of them host at least one rocky planet about the size of Earth.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026

Still, I ordered one — I didn’t want to put a dimmer on his inner child indulgence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2026

As the door swung shut behind her, the room seemed to grow a little dimmer.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

A 6.5 magnitude is generally the dimmest object the human eye can see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Such demolitions typically cause a much brighter display and rarely last longer than a year, so it would have to be the longest and dimmest so far.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

"The fantasy of two-all going to The Oval had been enchanting to both sets of fans; only the dimmest partisans so crave trophies as to be gratified by non-results," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023

Still, the cast makes even the dimmest jokes shine; you admire the polish.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Yet she had only the dimmest idea of who Goldstein was and what doctrines he was supposed to represent.

From "1984" by George Orwell

But that tariff relief will fade as energy stress dims outlook, the S&P economists said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Younger people have a generally sunnier starting point but that dims as they age - not a great surprise - and all age groups react to events similarly.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

Thinking about his father, Brooks pauses and his buoyant demeanor dims as he puts a finger to his eye as if it might begin to well up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

But his style of running the Pentagon—including the way he’s put forth his new policy—gravely dims his chances for success.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2025

He dims his lights and pulls out his laptop, which he sets up on a pile of pillows in front of us.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Even if its stock has momentarily lost a step, Alphabet’s growth prospects have hardly dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

The attacks sent crude prices surging more than five percent as hopes dimmed on any imminent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

The new contract includes LED lighting and controls that have heat-mapping technology, meaning they can be dimmed to save energy, and replacing external lights.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

But in March, night attacks and the lack of street lighting — lights are dimmed to make targeting more difficult — meant few stayed beyond midnight.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

In the long silence that followed, even the pilots and the sounds of unloading dimmed.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

NAIROBI, Kenya—The fast-spreading Ebola virus is overwhelming creaking hospitals and clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dimming hopes for quick containment of what is already the third-largest outbreak of the killer disease in history.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto let a day’s stroll linger into profundity, the twilight dimming and human connection brewing in all its possibilities.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

The film, starring Ryan Gosling as a teacher-turned-astronaut who must save Earth from a dimming sun, has earned over $625 million worldwide, in an extended theatrical run.

From Barron's ● May 3, 2026

"While light emissions rose by 8.9 percent in brightening German regions, they fell by 9.2 percent in dimming areas."

From Science Daily ● Apr. 9, 2026

She followed the dimming light into a clearing and back onto the path.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu