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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day
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Recent Examples of overshadow
Backlash to the racial justice movement of 2020 has overshadowed a more fundamental, long-standing conservative goal: Turning back the clock on the sweeping societal changes of 1965.
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
DiCaprio is the main draw, obviously, but don’t let his presence overshadow how stacked the rest of this cast is.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Too often, the stories of pioneering Black women like Dr. Ferebee are marginalized or forgotten, overshadowed by those whose accomplishments are more visible in mainstream narratives.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
This disparity created an uneven playing field, in which issues in Calumet City were overshadowed, preventing our residents from fully understanding the stakes and choices before them.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Russell Contreras, Axios, 22 Mar. 2025
DiCaprio is the main draw, obviously, but don’t let his presence overshadow how stacked the rest of this cast is.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
Too often, the stories of pioneering Black women like Dr. Ferebee are marginalized or forgotten, overshadowed by those whose accomplishments are more visible in mainstream narratives.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
This disparity created an uneven playing field, in which issues in Calumet City were overshadowed, preventing our residents from fully understanding the stakes and choices before them.
—Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadow
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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
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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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Manufactured objects — plastic bottles, ballpoint pens, concrete buildings, teabags, wind turbines, cell phones, T-shirts, aluminum cans — outweigh the living world and will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to our existence.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
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Organizations should not immediately conclude that the risks outweigh the rewards.—
Una Verhoeven,
Forbes,
25 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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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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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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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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“Overshadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshadow. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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