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dwarf

[dwawrf] / dwɔrf /






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Instead of allowing material from the companion star to settle into a disc, the magnetic field appears to guide that matter directly onto the white dwarf.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Liquid nitrogen cannot fall as rain on Pluto because the dwarf planet's temperature and atmospheric conditions do not allow it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Rate increases won’t produce more crude oil or slow an AI build-out that is largely insensitive to borrowing costs, since the capital is committed and expected returns dwarf what a quarter point changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

And while the resources and player numbers at England dwarf those at many of their rivals, O'Shea rejects the notion that the Red Roses can ever be too strong.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Both of them kept looking over their shoulders and scanning the horizon, but so far the only things Owen had seen were small clusters of gray rocks and bent dwarf spruce trees.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz

DeepMind says the new Atlas dwarfs it in scale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

That his residency now dwarfs, in sheer scale, the fight-night masculinity the same building helped crown is not a coincidence I am willing to let pass quietly.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

“The issue with the U.S. is that the size of the Treasury market dwarfs the combined size of the Japanese, U.K., E.U. and other countries in Asia.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

It is a body of work that dwarfs anything put together by his rivals.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Skirnir rode his horse across the rainbow bridge to Svartalfheim, with instructions to the dwarfs for how to create a chain unlike anything ever made before.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

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

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

Named Erebor, after the mountain where the dwarves stored their treasure and which the dragon took over in J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” that new bank won a preliminary regulatory approval Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

With nearly 1,500 shows on offer in small and big venues all around the city, it dwarves the official lineup, but very few productions offer English versions or surtitles.

From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

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

From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2023

They sat together on the ground, and two dwarves came over and served them something.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

Lutnick’s filing is dwarfed by that of Trump, whose last annual ethics filing this summer disclosed more than $2 billion of income, largely from crypto and real-estate companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Last summer their gross transfer spend was £71m which was dwarfed by Manchester, City, Chelsea and Arsenal who were all over £200m while Wolves, who finished bottom last season, were £109m.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The outbreak in Michigan this year has dwarfed previous outbreaks of the illness in the state, which recorded only about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in 2025.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

While Irish farmers did export some food to Britain, "it was dwarfed by the amount being brought in for distribution by the UK government", he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Today, the setting is dwarfed by a cellular transmission tower.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

The old computer-software index showed prices rising at a record 17% yearly pace, dwarfing any prior increase.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

Unitree said it shipped more than 5,500 humanoids in 2025, for uses including research, education and public performances, dwarfing U.S. competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

The bustle of the North End was an arresting sight, and in the middle of it all, dwarfing almost every other building around it, stood an enormous structure that seemed completely out of place.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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