as in dent
a sunken area forming a separate space
left a small dint in the car's fender
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Recent Examples of dint
Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The turnaround at the most unlikely Five Below continues through dint of great management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Noun
The challenge is that by dint of being more practical, at the introductory level these subjects are less inherently complex with fewer multi-step cognitive-skill-building puzzles to be solved.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The turnaround at the most unlikely Five Below continues through dint of great management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
But as similar fights play out in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, repeated complaints about fraud could dint public faith in the electoral process.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dint
Noun
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Fill in any deeper scratches or dents with a wax wood repair kit to match.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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The tariffs helped put a dent in the pace of the budget deficit.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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La Cañada resident Trent Sanders, who frequently dings California’s liberal politicos in emails to me and my colleagues, thinks Trump is generally on the right track three months into his term, but with a few caveats.—
Steve Lopez,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Will the loss or diminishment of newspapers leave a hole in society?—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Feb. 2026
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Oval holes in the walls once held lamps to light the street after dark.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The 72-year-old Labour politician is a contentious figure whose career has been tarnished with scandals over money or ethics.—
Jill Lawless,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Their competition reignited interest in baseball, but both became tied to the sport's steroid scandal that tarnished their reputations and has kept them out of the Hall of Fame.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nick Hensley, our gas man, did a fantastic job getting us in position out of pit road.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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There are a few thoughtful features built into this fire pit.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Several cool props gestured to historical infrastructural neglect and botched Hurricane Maria recovery efforts.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
9 Feb. 2026
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Darnold, of course, is the great what-might-have-been for Jets fans, who watched helplessly as their team botched its oversight of the third overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Public opinion has also soured against encampments and blight in recent years, fueling election promises of faster solutions to homelessness.—
Grant Stringer,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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Neither the corner nor the buildings to be torn down are blighted.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
20 Dec. 2025
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“Dint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dint. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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