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as in to obscure
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
large trees overshadow the yard and darken the house for much of the day
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Recent Examples of overshadow
Ronaldo was the undisputed goalscorer at Madrid, with his productivity nurtured by Benzema, Gareth Bale and Gonzalo Higuain during his nine years in the Spanish capital — and he was rarely overshadowed.
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Thom Harris, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Yet, the exhibition’s opening was almost overshadowed by an eerie, real-world parallel.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
Premiering last August, the domestic abuse film had been overshadowed by rampant speculation about a rift between director Baldoni, who also starred in and produced the movie, and lead actress Lively.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The executive overshadows other governing bodies, including the National Assembly, the courts, and local governments.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
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Thom Harris, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Yet, the exhibition’s opening was almost overshadowed by an eerie, real-world parallel.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Feb. 2025
Premiering last August, the domestic abuse film had been overshadowed by rampant speculation about a rift between director Baldoni, who also starred in and produced the movie, and lead actress Lively.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025
The executive overshadows other governing bodies, including the National Assembly, the courts, and local governments.
—Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overshadow
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There is also no record of its business name on a database of online companies and its website is registered to a private domain in Holland, obscuring its true origin.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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The average obscures significant variation, though.—
Meg Wingerter,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2025
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Our backtests show business quality outweighs entry price in driving market outperformance, so don’t overthink valuation timing.—
StockStory Team,
CNBC,
22 Feb. 2025
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However, the long-term benefits outweigh these hurdles.—
Nilesh Suresh Jain,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The clouds are still in sunlight while the ground is darkening after the Sun sets.—
Eric Berger,
Ars Technica,
12 Feb. 2025
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The ice sheet has thinned and darkened since the early 1990’s, especially around its edges….—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
10 Feb. 2025
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Tech oligarchs, the gerontocracy, podcasters spouting misinformation and the erosion of civil liberties all blur into a muddy soup that’s adjacent to relevancy without ever achieving it.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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Created by Eric Newman, Noah Oppenheim and Michael S. Schmidt, Zero Day is a gripping, thought-provoking and all-too-timely six-part limited series about how a strategic cyberattack can affect our faith in national security, ignite a wide array of conspiracies and blur the perception of facts.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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By the end of January, the Palisades and Eaton fires had collectively burned more than 37,000 acres of land, blackened more than 1,500 structures, and claimed 29 lives, according to the New York Times.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Historians will see the fires that blackened much of Los Angeles this year as one of the state’s most significant events and how recovery is managed, or mismanaged, will be legend.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Overshadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overshadow. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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