as in dent
a sunken area forming a separate space
left a small dint in the car's fender
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Recent Examples of dint
Maya Singer, Vogue, 9 July 2024
Both by dint of its large population and its relative poverty, India, the world’s most populous country, could play a role similar to the one China has played over the last 20 years.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Noun
And by dint of her presence, raising everyone’s game.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 9 July 2024
Both by dint of its large population and its relative poverty, India, the world’s most populous country, could play a role similar to the one China has played over the last 20 years.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
Verb
But as similar fights play out in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, repeated complaints about fraud could dint public faith in the electoral process.
—Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence.
—Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dint
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Photos and videos clearly show the damage to the aircraft's fuselage, including punctures and dents, which strongly point to a strike by an air defense missile.—
Ellie Cook,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
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Compared to the richest man in South Korea Jay Y. Lee, the Squid Game winner still doesn’t really have a dent in wealth for the top 1%.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
26 Dec. 2024
Verb
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The timer also dings loudly, which some users may find irritating.—
Caroline Thomason,
Health,
9 Mar. 2023
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Teams may ding Miller for being a 20-year-old freshman, but the Alabama guard's skill as an offensive talent is undeniable.—
Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
19 Jan. 2023
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Some holes can’t be filled, and no writer, no matter how skilled, can return their subject to anything truly resembling life.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2025
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The pieces vary in size and shape; a few have small holes cut in them.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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That was something that was orchestrated, both that situation and the situation with the fortunes that was orchestrated by my ex-husband to tarnish my image.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
14 Jan. 2025
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The cases allege that the AI models also risk tarnishing reporters’ reputations by sometimes misstating their reporting or attributing it to others.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Little ones can frolic in the Snow Bounce room or in a pit of fake snowballs in the Northern Lights section, where representations of the aurora borealis drift above.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Tens of thousands exposed in Iraq, Afghanistan Disposing of trash in open-air burn pits was a common practice, especially at U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, which together burned trash in more than 270 pits in 2010, according to an estimate by the U.S. Defense Department's Central Command.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
8 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Still, the decision to first turn to DeVito before Lock after benching Jones shows how badly the team botched the evaluation of Lock as a viable option in the offseason.—
Dan Duggan,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
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Jewish devotees of the New York Times’ game Strands came in for a shock when the day’s puzzle offered up a Hanukkah theme — and then seemed to botch it.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2025
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Nevertheless, so many of Dortmund’s performances on the road look the same and are blighted by anonymity and, ultimately, bad mistakes.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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The incident in Hiroshima in western Japan is one of two scandals that have shaken Nomura lately, blighting the firm’s reputation at a time when profit is rebounding.—
BYTakashi Nakamichi,
Fortune Asia,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Dint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dint. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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