dent
Example Sentences
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Worker furloughs, increased worker payments for healthcare, and other options could start to make a dent.
Retailers are rolling out price increases as slowly as possible, to avoid denting sales.
From Barron's
Still, the payments didn’t appear to make a dent in her loan balance, she said.
From MarketWatch
Still, the payments didn’t appear to make a dent in her loan balance, she said.
From MarketWatch
Heightened competition from China, as well as a stronger euro, have also dented demand for the bloc’s industrial exports.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
