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  • past participle of dwell.
  • past tense form of dwell.
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dwelt

[dwelt] / dwɛlt /


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Any single run of the experiment gives only a very rough indication of whether the photon dwelt in the atoms, but averaging millions of runs yields an accurate dwell time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

While Roberts’s report dwelt mostly on historical anecdotes, it contained one concrete sign of the impact of Trump’s signature issue: immigration enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

That song opened Friday night's encore, which dwelt largely on their 90s material, including Let Down - a deep cut that's had a new lease of life on TikTok - and the epic Paranoid Android.

From BBC Nov. 21, 2025

Although the globe's top financiers dwelt little on the conflict, speaking about topics such as artificial intelligence, the economic fallout of war combined with record debts as rates rise created a bleak backdrop.

From Reuters Oct. 24, 2023

Next day they went on into northern Dunland, where no men now dwelt, though it was a green and pleasant country.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien



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