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[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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RXJ0528+2838 is a white dwarf, the leftover core of a dying low-mass star, and it is orbited by a Sun-like companion.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

At that height, the structure would dwarf the 99-foot Lincoln Memorial nearby and be half as high as the Washington Monument.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

Liquid nitrogen cannot fall as rain on Pluto because the dwarf planet's temperature and atmospheric conditions do not allow it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

“Whatever they get into, they just dwarf other countries once they decide to grow it.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The red-furred dwarf in the cowboy hat was sitting about thirty feet away at the nearest café table, sipping an espresso held by his monkeylike foot.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

DeepMind says the new Atlas dwarfs it in scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

That his residency now dwarfs, in sheer scale, the fight-night masculinity the same building helped crown is not a coincidence I am willing to let pass quietly.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The issue with the U.S. is that the size of the Treasury market dwarfs the combined size of the Japanese, U.K., E.U. and other countries in Asia.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

“The dwarfs have wooden swords. Wooden armor. How do you expect them to fight lions?”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

The Trump administration has greenlighted its first new bank, and it is a startup that takes its name from a mountain where dwarves stored their treasure in J.R.R.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

There's also a debate over the fate of the seven dwarves, after unofficial images emerged of what have now been billed as seven "magical creatures".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2023

Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023

Mining doesn't sound especially environmentally conscious, but the dwarves are just as attuned to the underground as elves and Harfoots are to above.

From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022

It was driven by outlandish folk, singing strange songs: dwarves with long beards and deep hoods.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

It is dwarfed by the passenger ferries in the background.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

At roughly $250 billion, AstraZeneca’s market capitalization is still dwarfed by such rivals as Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, sitting around $1 trillion and $600 billion, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

While Irish farmers did export some food to Britain, "it was dwarfed by the amount being brought in for distribution by the UK government", he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

As large swings in individual stocks have recently dwarfed moves for the S&P 500 as a whole, the spread between two important gauges of implied volatility has expanded to its widest level on record.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026

The R dwarfed the other letters, the tail of it ran down into the cambric, away from the laced edge.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

The Saudis spend some $80 billion a year on defense—far more than the Israelis and dwarfing the Iranians—but imported hardware is no substitute for combat experience and the will to fight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

There were more than 323 million visits to America’s national parks in 2025, dwarfing attendance — 135 million — at professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey games combined.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026

Middleton has spent more than $16 million of his own money on the race so far, dwarfing any of his previous political spending many times over.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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