as in stuns
to overpower with light
skiers were dazzled by the glare off of the slopes of freshly packed snow
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Recent Examples of dazzles
On Saturday night, attendees at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner will thrill to the antics of Oz Pearlman, a renowned mentalist who dazzles audiences with mind-reading tricks.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
The Parthenon hovers just overhead while the historic heart of Athens dazzles five floors below.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Juliette Lewis dazzles in a glittery ensemble for her Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Show on April 23 in New York City.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Not because the technology dazzles them—but because the outcomes are measurably, unmistakably better.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
The Parthenon hovers just overhead while the historic heart of Athens dazzles five floors below.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Juliette Lewis dazzles in a glittery ensemble for her Broadway debut in The Rocky Horror Show on April 23 in New York City.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
Not because the technology dazzles them—but because the outcomes are measurably, unmistakably better.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dazzles
Verb
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Frankie Grande stuns in a velvet and diamond-studded emsemble for the premiere of Broadway's Titanique on April 12.—
Katie Hill,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Trump's attack stuns the world.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The way that Nathan’s wealth and ideology blinds him to the implications and risks of his technology is eerily similar to the behavior of contemporary techworld figures like Palantir’s Alex Karp.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
22 Apr. 2026
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Window Blinds Give your wood or plastic window blinds a good clean with a Swiffer Sweeper.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To better understand the technicals, resistance happens when supply from sellers overwhelms demand from buyers, and the stock struggles to appreciate further; the opposite is true of support, which happens when demand from buyers overwhelms supply from sellers, and the stock tends to move higher.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
27 Apr. 2026
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At the scale of ⁴²Ar, that interference completely overwhelms the signal, keeping it out of reach.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Dazzles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dazzles. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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