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dwarf

adjective as in miniature, tiny

noun as in (in folklore) a small being having magic powers

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Animation vies with anomie; the human stick figures, casting no shadows, are dwarfed by bleak urban realities.

To keep it from dwarfing its 19th-century neighbors, he broke up its mass into separate blocky pavilions.

Renewable energy is being built out at a furious pace there, dwarfing installation in rest of the world.

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Its rooms are small and dwarfed by the towering government buildings that grace far less consequential countries from Asia to the Middle East.

When completed, the venue will dwarf the main White House, boasting nearly twice the square footage of the executive residence.

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