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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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Its sales consistently dwarf those of competitors like the Ford Ranger and Chevrolet Colorado.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

The image showcases LH 95, a vast star forming region inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

After evaluating multiple possible explanations, one scenario emerged as the strongest candidate: an intermediate-mass black hole tearing apart and consuming a white dwarf star.

From Science Daily Jun. 26, 2026

Apple sells mostly high-end devices and its profit margins dwarf everyone else’s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 20, 2026

The dwarf threw his axe to the ground and put his hands on his hips.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

“SpaceX dwarfs these numbers,” Chanos wrote on X.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

His $167 million pay package in 2025 not only dwarfs that of his CFO peers but also outpaces the compensation of many CEOs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

Wall Street seems worried about Intel’s P/E radio of 94 times earnings expected over the coming 12 months, which dwarfs the 28 P/E of the iShares Semiconductor ETF.

From Barron's May 14, 2026

Identifying gamma-Cas systems as pairs of Be stars and accreting white dwarfs answers the long-standing question about their X-rays.

From Science Daily May 1, 2026

Still, he simply had to ensure that Eitri and Brokk lost the contest; the gods would still get six wonderful things from the dwarfs, and Sif would get her golden hair.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

It dwarves the revenues of a team from the other top five leagues.

From BBC May 28, 2026

The Trump administration has greenlighted its first new bank, and it is a startup that takes its name from a mountain where dwarves stored their treasure in J.R.R.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Its £169,950 asking price dwarves the £200 her parents paid for it.

From BBC Mar. 21, 2023

A precious metal known as mithril, which just so happens to be in the mines of the dwarves.

From Salon Oct. 8, 2022

But now Frodo often met strange dwarves of far countries, seeking refuge in the West.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

But the new supply is still dwarfed by a 400,000-unit deficit of homes in the metropolitan area, according to Zillow.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

Returns for investors in U.S. stocks have dwarfed those for equities trading in the rest of the world over the past 15 years.

From MarketWatch Jun. 28, 2026

That dwarfed the offerings of Morocco, which had no existing stadiums that conformed to tournament specifications and would need to spend upwards of $15 billion to prepare for a World Cup.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 7, 2026

Europe’s defense offerings are dwarfed in scale by SpaceX, Anthropic, or OpenAI.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 2026

In a comer an old man was boiling hot dogs in a large institutional pot whose size dwarfed the gas range upon which it rested.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

There were more than 323 million visits to America’s national parks in 2025, dwarfing attendance — 135 million — at professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey games combined.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

Middleton has spent more than $16 million of his own money on the race so far, dwarfing any of his previous political spending many times over.

From Salon May 23, 2026

In contrast, the current crisis affects 20% of the world's supplies, "dwarfing the 1970s shock", she said.

From BBC Mar. 30, 2026

Today, individual income taxes make up about half of federal revenue, dwarfing tariff payments.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Rishi made the first strokes, his hand dwarfing the stub of charcoal pencil that had obviously been sharpened many, many times.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon




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