Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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The outbreak in Michigan this year has dwarfed previous outbreaks of the illness in the state, which recorded only about 50 cases of cyclosporiasis in 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
The production of both has dwarfed Harry’s over the past two seasons and they are favorites to make the roster at this point.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2021
The decline in carbon in 2020 has dwarfed all the previous big falls.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2020
Almonds, too, are using water more wisely—but their explosive growth has dwarfed efficiency gains.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2015
It is an art given us by sheer recoil from science, which has dwarfed actual human life almost to imaginative extinction.
From Ancient Art and Ritual by Jane Ellen Harrison
