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• present participle of dwarf.

dwarfing

American  

[dwawr-fing] / ˈdwɔr fɪŋ /

noun

Biology.

1. a process in which an animal breed or plant cultivar is intentionally induced, as by selective breeding and genetic engineering, to produce a breed or cultivar that is significantly smaller than the original: bulldogs and commercial fruit trees are examples of organisms that have been subjected to dwarfing.

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Etymology

Origin of dwarfing

First recorded in 1620–30; dwarf ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. )

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dwarfing

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

But we think the business is well positioned, dwarfing any concerns about financing.

From Barron's ● Mar. 19, 2026

It means investors are demanding such a high convenience yield to hold the physical commodity that it is dwarfing costs for storage and other inputs that are usually factored into futures prices.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 17, 2026

Looking ahead one sees it broaden, rising and curving slowly, dwarfing the dark ridges of earth, meeting the ice-wall far above under veils of cloud and smoke and snow.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin