as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
the view from the mountain's summit is often bedimmed by haze
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Baseball’s celebration of that day often obscures the fact that MLB hasn’t been African American friendly in decades.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025 -
As recalls have been announced, Cybertruck sales have seemingly slumped, as Tesla obscured the true figures by lumping numbers in with sales of Model X and Model S, MotorTrend reported.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
20 Mar. 2025
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Though rooted in self-love, these trends can blur the line between care and consumerism.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
26 Mar. 2025
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On the other hand, holding a company liable for one person’s speech blurs the line between individual and collective responsibility.—
Kwame Anthony Appiah,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Unlike a total eclipse, where the moon completely blocks the sun, a partial eclipse does not darken the sky significantly.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the 2000s, her hair darkened, appearing more dark purple than red, with her makeup turning cooler with neutral-toned browns (see: VH1’s Save The Music Foundation in 2003).—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
21 Mar. 2025
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However, thanks to local dimming backlight arrays, most Omni QLED screen sizes have much deeper black levels and much higher contrast ratios than the cheaper models (0.004cd/m^2, 118,500:1 as tested on the 65-inch version).—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Mar. 2025
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That’s reflected in the stock market, which resumed its sell-off, dimming hope — provided by a two-session winning streak on Friday and Monday — that the S&P and Nasdaq’s correction had run its course.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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Unlike a total solar eclipse, when the disk of the sun is completely blackened, an eclipsed moon does not vanish completely from the sky.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the negro resents and utterly repudiates the effort to blacken his good name by asserting that assaults upon women are peculiar to his race.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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Officials at Kaeng Krachan National Park shared a video on March 18 showing a mother clouded leopard with her cub searching for food at night.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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Beers joined Oklahoma from Oregon State, which was stripped for parts last offseason following an Elite Eight trip because the Pac-12’s fracturing clouded the Beavers’ future.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Another whale appeared, misting the air with its breath.—
Chloe Berge,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2025
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To form the bun, Mikey’s stylist then used a tail comb to part her hair, before finally sculpting the hair into a ribbon-like updo by twisting and shaping it while misting the Bumble and Bumble Spray de Mode Flexible Hold Spray.—
Kleigh Balugo,
StyleCaster,
3 Mar. 2025
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But instead of sounding the alarm, defendants went out of their way to becloud the emerging scientific consensus.—
Edward Fitzpatrick,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Aug. 2019
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His flacks and surrogates hand out scraps of information grudgingly, infrequently, and beclouded by fragrant eructations of doublespeak.—
Charles Seife,
Slate Magazine,
1 Mar. 2017
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“Bedim.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedim. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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