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  • 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

It dwelt on historical themes and called for unity among Ethiopians.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Indeed, commentators seem to have dwelt on little else.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

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

He did not speak aloud his thought that whatever it was that dwelt in the lake, it had seized on Frodo first among all the Company.

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



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