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dwarfs

  • plural
    of dwarf.
    dwarf
    noun
    a person of abnormally small physical stature resulting from a medical or genetic condition, especially a person with achondroplasia or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.
  • present tense form
    of dwarf (3rd person singular).
    dwarf
    noun
    a person of abnormally small physical stature resulting from a medical or genetic condition, especially a person with achondroplasia or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.

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The eye-popping amount of money that SpaceX and Anthropic are raising dwarfs what dot-coms raised during the internet IPO boom.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Brown dwarfs are generally too small to sustain the hydrogen fusion that powers ordinary stars, yet they are more massive than planets.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Hotter, bluer white dwarfs produce more light and remain visible across greater distances, making them disproportionately common in astronomical surveys that select stars based on brightness.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The newest, a wall-sized 2026 painting in ink on paper, “Ancient Cypress on the Cliff,” by Wang Mansheng, dwarfs a neighboring Southern Song dynasty fan painting depicting a wintry forest in ink on silk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Now we just call it “Millenium,” and it is a stretch of bare land and several rusted metal sculptures—one an abstract, plated mammoth, another shaped like a lima bean that dwarfs me in size.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth