- present participle of dim.
dimming
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Those changes in visibility produce the distinctive pattern of brightening and dimming that the astronomers had struggled to understand.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
But just next door, Tabla’s light was dimming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Some Nepali families who were searching for their missing loved ones had begun holding symbolic funerals in the last few days, in a sign of dimming hope for survivors.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
This will result in a slight dimming of the Sun's light and a drop in temperature.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
A year later a secret conference of scientists is convened to debate the dimming of the sun, which many now believe presents an imminent threat to life on Earth.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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