dwarf
Example Sentences
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For now, global use of the yuan is dwarfed by its U.S. counterpart.
It means investors are demanding such a high convenience yield to hold the physical commodity that it is dwarfing costs for storage and other inputs that are usually factored into futures prices.
From MarketWatch
Here the banners are rendered with the utmost economy, pared down to billowing blocks of color that seem to float above the road below, dwarfing the pointillist pedestrians who stroll beneath them.
Now off to its strongest start to a year since 2021, the small-cap index has gained 7.9% this year, dwarfing the sub-2% gains seen in the S&P 500 and Nasdaq.
“The impact to us and other banks would just be dwarfed by the severe impact on access to credit and on consumer spending across the country.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
