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noun

ˈdint How to pronounce dint (audio)
Definition of dintnext
as in dent
a sunken area forming a separate space left a small dint in the car's fender

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Recent Examples of dint
Noun
The concert loads of second-seat wind and brass players — who, by dint of their roles, are contracted for more services than even principal players — led the orchestra to allow those musicians to take more youth concerts off than their peers. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026 If the stakes laid out for Lady are simple enough, Nwosu saves complexity in her sketch of a city vast enough that a person could lose track of their dreams by sheer dint of distraction; the day-to-day business of survival slowly eroding anything more high-minded on the horizon. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
Then he was moved to the second unit, which seemed to dint his confidence. — Patrick Murray, Forbes, 23 May 2021 But as similar fights play out in battleground states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona, and Michigan, repeated complaints about fraud could dint public faith in the electoral process. — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for dint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dint
  1. dent
  2. ding
  3. hole
  4. tarnish
  5. pit
  6. botch
  7. blight
Noun
  • However, Norman Powell appears likely to leave in free agency, and paired with the loss of Herro, that puts a serious dent in the team’s non-Antetokounmpo/Bam Adebayo arsenal.
    — Juan Carlos Blanco, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The Padres will get four more games in Los Angeles next week to put a dent in those numbers.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of dent
Verb
  • The report also dings the Harris campaign for failing to distance the candidate from Biden, in light of his unpopularity at the time.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 21 May 2026
  • Future transshipment rules, for instance, could ding individual components that are made in one country—China, again, is a good bet—and then integrated into a product without enough of a transformation in another before winding up in the United States.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
Definition of ding
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  • Mozeliak said the Angels should not consider a trade proposal in isolation, without considering how to flex their major-market muscles to fill whatever hole a trade might create.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • The difference between these two measurements gives the exciton binding energy, a key quantity that determines how strongly the electron and hole remain bound together.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of hole
Verb
  • Sunday’s incident was not the first post-game gathering to be tarnished with violence.
    — Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Wrap silver items in felt or tarnish-resistant fabric before placing them in the container.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
Definition of tarnish
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  • Weeks before the fire pit incident, Robinson alleges that during a trip to Nashville to visit her grandfather who was in hospice care and has since died, Sandoval pushed her to the floor of their hotel and locked her out of their shared room.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • High-rise handlebars, upright ergonomics, and generous suspension travel give them the look of pit bikes that somehow escaped onto public roads.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
Definition of pit
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  • When her plastic surgeon father botches a celebrity nose job at his practice, her parents decide to move from Bel-Air to Seattle.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The Boston southpaw didn’t permit a baserunner until Spencer Jones, who botched a ball in center field a half-inning later, singled in the sixth inning.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
Definition of botch
Verb
  • Meanwhile, two- to four-unit rental buildings that made up the preponderance of affordable housing for families in these areas have been lost to blight and disinvestment.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • The euphoria of scoring three goals in each half was somewhat blighted by the horrific injury to Koné.
    — Mark Hodge, NBC news, 19 June 2026
Definition of blight

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“Dint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dint. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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