dwarfed
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Tuesday, for example, saw roughly $280 million of turnover in the U.S. but this was dwarfed by Wednesday’s volume in Korea where around $8.5 billion of shares changed hands.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Issuance in the first half of the year dwarfed the $421 billion raised in the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
The relief that came with the decision to finally let go was completely dwarfed by the immense pain of severing a family in two.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Europe’s defense offerings are dwarfed in scale by SpaceX, Anthropic, or OpenAI.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
The trees near us were dwarfed by the trees in the distance ahead.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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