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as in darkened
being without light or without much light
a dim, windowless room in the basement of the house
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2
as in matte
lacking a surface luster or gloss
over time, exposure to ultraviolet light will make bright pigments turn dim
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as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
have only a dim knowledge of the subject
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as in dumb
not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily
our dog is kind of dim, but very sweet-natured
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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the storm clouds dimmed our view of the city from the airplane
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Recent Examples of dim
Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Still, the new trains are expected to be a welcome improvement for travelers on the busy Northeast Corridor, even if the broader prospects for high-speed rail in the United States remain dim.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Viture first made headlines with its Pro XR glasses, offering a 135-inch virtual screen and electrochromic dimming.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Inside the fortune cookie factory, the room was dim, fragrant with warm vanilla, and packed with antique machinery.
—Maggie Downs, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Still, the new trains are expected to be a welcome improvement for travelers on the busy Northeast Corridor, even if the broader prospects for high-speed rail in the United States remain dim.
—Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
By the mid-1930s, however, Husseini’s influence was dimming.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Viture first made headlines with its Pro XR glasses, offering a 135-inch virtual screen and electrochromic dimming.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dim
Adjective
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gone are the days of the ultra-matte liquid lipstick.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
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This Lulus bag is primarily matte and clean, with just a tinge of silver on the top handle and cutesy bow.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
People.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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Incitement and threats of imminent harm would need to be specific toward someone and at a specific time rather than vague wishes of someone’s death or celebrations of someone’s death.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Besides fatigue, the other possible symptoms can be quite vague and non-specific like abdominal discomfort, pain or swelling or unexplained weight loss, muscle loss or muscle weakness.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Jimmy Kimmel said something dumb.—
Jesse Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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God, this is such a dumb story.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
17 Sep. 2025
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A smoke screen to obscure an unprecedented consolidation of power and unitarian intimidation and coldly antithetical to any experiment in a constitutional republic governance.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
19 Sep. 2025
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The Los Angeles Dodgers earned a win against the rival San Francisco Giants on Thursday, but that was obscured by some breaking news that the team released shortly before the game.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The night serum visibly smooths wrinkles, reduces fine lines, and soothes the appearance of dark circles and uneven skin tone.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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The scent is smoky yet sweet, spicy yet smooth, dark but with an underlying lightness—the result of combining clean white musk with rose, tobacco, suede, and cumin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her lips were, for the most part, bare; the faint color was trumped by the rich red hue of her jacket.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
19 Sep. 2025
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His arrival stirs faint whispers under the Song statues and quietly nudges Hongmei’s buried past toward the surface.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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By presenting domestic routines with the same creativity and attention to detail as a fashion spread, Smith has shifted the cultural conversation, making intentional, slow living as aspirational as her ensembles themselves.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
21 Sep. 2025
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In each of our benchmarks, the Swift Go 16's Intel Core Ultra 9 285H—the fastest chipset in Intel’s Core Ultra 2 lineup—led this pack against the laptops with the slower Core Ultra 7.—
Mark Coppock,
PC Magazine,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Dim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dim. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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