dimming

Example Sentences

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Dimming hopes for rate cuts dragged down U.S. stocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Dimming the upbeat declarations is a harsh reality: It will likely take at least a decade — and perhaps $200 billion or more — to restore the country’s decrepit hydrocarbon infrastructure, experts say.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

In 2019 and 2020, Betelgeuse began to grow dimmer and dimmer in brightness, so much that astronomers called this event, the ‘Great Dimming.’

From Space Scoop • Aug. 20, 2025

Dimming stars are just one of many problems posed by satellites and especially megaconstellations, groups of hundreds or thousands of small satellites that work together to give us broadband internet and mobile connectivity.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

Mr. Dimming walks back to where I sit and rips it off.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper