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Women were considerably more likely than men to take a dim view.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Covering careers and the labor market, I endeavored to meet job seekers in all 50 states, hoping it would help me understand why many people felt so dim about their futures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

That means we can judge the distance to them from how dim they appear to us.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

And, with the museum’s dim lighting, dated technology and underutilized areas, it can feel at times as if one is wandering in a past-its-prime shopping mall or in the forgotten corner of an airport terminal.

From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026

The wolf’s eyes glowed like torches in the dim room.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Throw in a flat-plane crankshaft, low-inertia turbos and equal-length exhaust runners and you’ve got a hurricane on a dimmer switch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

The contradiction between a relatively warm early Earth and a cooler, dimmer Sun is known as the Faint Young Sun paradox.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

Once in operation, the Coronagraph Instrument will attempt to observe planets that are 100 million times dimmer than their host star, a significant improvement over James Webb.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Actor, singer and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane wrote on X that "the world is a dimmer place without her."

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

Cepheid stars pulsate, getting brighter and dimmer in a very predictable way; the way they pulsate is closely related to how much light they put out.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Hegseth, on the other hand, is among the dimmest.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

A 6.5 magnitude is generally the dimmest object the human eye can see.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

Such demolitions typically cause a much brighter display and rarely last longer than a year, so it would have to be the longest and dimmest so far.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 17, 2024

"The fantasy of two-all going to The Oval had been enchanting to both sets of fans; only the dimmest partisans so crave trophies as to be gratified by non-results," he wrote.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2023

In a sense, they took considerable pride in not having the dimmest understanding of what Hamilton was talking about.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

In privacy mode, the device dims those wide pixels, while the narrow pixels emit light only at your face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 25, 2026

Younger people have a generally sunnier starting point but that dims as they age - not a great surprise - and all age groups react to events similarly.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

Thinking about his father, Brooks pauses and his buoyant demeanor dims as he puts a finger to his eye as if it might begin to well up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

But his style of running the Pentagon—including the way he’s put forth his new policy—gravely dims his chances for success.

From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2025

He dims his lights and pulls out his laptop, which he sets up on a pile of pillows in front of us.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

In the past year, about a third of New State Capital Partners’ employees have left the private-equity firm as prospects for big payouts dimmed for some of them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The April ceasefire put an end to the most intense fighting, but sporadic attacks, mainly around the Strait of Hormuz, have dimmed the prospects of a final peace agreement.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

With the overhead lights dimmed and soft light spilling from the dioramas, the displays looked like windows to other worlds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

A vital warning from experts is to avoid looking at the sun even when it appears to have dimmed during the eclipse.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

“There is no need to apologize for the lantern; I understand the streetlights are dimmed to protect the city from German planes.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

A rate increase by the Bank of Japan and expectations of further rate increases have since lent support to the yen, dimming its appeal as a funding currency for carry trades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Some Nepali families who were searching for their missing loved ones had begun holding symbolic funerals in the last few days, in a sign of dimming hope for survivors.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

Because the evolved supergiant is expected to eventually end its life in a supernova explosion, the dramatic dimming prompted speculation that the star might be preparing to explode.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

This will result in a slight dimming of the Sun's light and a drop in temperature.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

By increments we were blinded, the mainland dimming and the sun fading to a pale white bloom, and we turned circles in the eddying tide until we’d lost all sense of direction.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs