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Cars, houses and streets appear and disappear out of a dim russet fog.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

“May his struggles never dim the memories of a sweet man, a dear friend, and a master musician.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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

Those observations will inform an aspirational future mission — the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which aims to view Earth-like planets more than 1 billion times dimmer than their host stars.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

"These are like dimmer switches that control how active genes are, and they are affected by life experiences such as stress, learning, aging, chemicals, etc.,"

From Science Daily ● Aug. 25, 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

So the farther away we are from the Sun, the smaller and dimmer it appears.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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 moon will set near midnight, allowing even the dimmest of shooting stars to shine in 2024.

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

We had only the dimmest ideas of what to expect.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

The economic progress dims hope for a nuclear deal with the U.S., since Washington has often dangled sanctions relief or economic incentives to get Pyongyang to freeze, halt or relinquish its nuclear program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 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

But the Big Ten move plus playing nonconference games against LSU and Notre Dame in the same season dims championship hopes precipitously.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2024

If an exoplanet passes in front of its star as seen by an observer, it dims the starlight.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024

Gomez’s smile dims, the lines around her mouth aren’t as deep, but she says, “The night of the incident, yes. Start where you feel comfortable.”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Major U.S. stock indexes were little moved after rising sharply Friday, when weak jobs data dimmed market expectations for Federal Reserve rate hikes and supported risk assets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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

The front door had once been painted a bright blue, but had been dimmed by time and the sun.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Patients may notice sudden blurriness, dimming, or missing areas in their field of view.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

My left eye’s tearing heavily now, and in the dimming light it’s all I can do to follow the boots in front of me.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins