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

[dwelt] / dwɛlt /


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Not only can their arrival time suggest that they dwelt with other particles for a negative amount of time, but if one asks those other particles, they will corroborate the story.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

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

Television pioneer Norman Lear, who died this month at the age of 101, told me three years ago that he dwelt not on what he’d done but on what he wanted to do next.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2023

He had dwelt there for some time, Dany had realized when she first saw the hill.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin



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