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eclipse

noun as in shadowing of the sun

verb as in obscure, veil

verb as in surpass achievement

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The dazzle of their outfits eclipsed the afterglow of the light.

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By the early 1960s it was headed for extinction, eclipsed by more practical film formats—to say nothing of the versatile, reliable miracles that are today’s digital movie cameras.

In 1932, people predicted that Cleopatra’s Needle was going to crumble just before a solar eclipse.

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Liverpool's tally of five defeats this season now eclipses the four they suffered when they won the title.

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This government shutdown is already the longest on record, eclipsing the 2018-19 shutdown, which lasted 35 days.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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