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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booby
Noun
  • Traditional software is often cheaper, faster and more reliable when a solution is rules-based and needs fool-proof outputs.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s why the whole enterprise might be a fool’s errand.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Whether those people are sickened by grief and rage into a kind of temporary insanity, genuine lunatics, hustlers looking to milk a little more engagement or some combination of the three doesn’t really matter.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Normies, apparently, refers to everyone who is not a bat-scat left-wing lunatic.
    Nolan Finley, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Of course, designer decanters, like one by DIOR shaped like a goose, sells for $550.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Marie realizes Danny was the roadblock, so why give up the goose?
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Haunted Trail takes visitors outdoors through a path with dense fog and several haunting installations with zombies, a ghoul bus, a graveyard filled with ghosts, chainsaw maniacs and more.
    Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Sure enough, the quiet is shattered when a new villain rolls into town in the form of Dante Reyes (Jason Momoa), a chaotic, fashion-forward maniac with a personal vendetta and a flair for over-the-top drama.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The World Health Organization recommends that acutely malnourished children be fed energy-dense foods, such as nut butters and sweet potatoes, and sometimes these can be found locally.
    Pablo Robles, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Soluble fiber can be found in oat bran, barley, nuts, seeds, beans and some fruits and vegetables.
    Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Eight years later and the newfound fame has found him and the family-run restaurant running out of turkey legs in recent days.
    Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Enjoy over the next four to eight years; this is rich enough to stand up to roast turkey or a veal chop.
    Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Booby.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booby. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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