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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

“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

At around magnitude 8, the distant planet is too dim to spot without optical assistance, so binoculars or a telescope will be needed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

Her dark eyes dim as she studies me.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

Still, CoreWeave’s future does look dimmer if prevailing interest rates keep going up, if appetite for AI-related debt keeps weakening and concerns about the AI boom’s sustainability turn into a dearth of funding options.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 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

I looked around, seeing very little at first as my eyes became accustomed to the dimmer light.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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

We had only the dimmest ideas of what to expect.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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

And as if to literalize this, the Light Phone III even has a small clickable wheel on one side that brightens or dims the screen, and engages a flashlight if depressed.

From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2025

But Strong is the one who finds an unlikely frequency — tragedy? — for what might have been an “SNL” skit, as Cohn’s roar dims with AIDS-related illness.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2024

At lunchtime, I clutch my brown bag, waiting near the door until the first rush of cafeteria noise dims: banging trays, ripping plastic, overtalking at too-crowded tables.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Mark DiCamillo, the poll’s director, said previous surveys showed support for Proposition 40 has been fragile, and the most recent shows its prospects have dimmed as election day approaches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

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

When two MAX jets suffered fatal crashes within months of each other in 2018 and 2019, his enthusiasm dimmed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 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

“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

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 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

Gold prices held below $4,500 a troy ounce as a global selloff in government bonds raised the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate hike, dimming the attractiveness of the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

The chances of his making the hundred-grander were dimming every day.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand