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as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas
youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers
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as in idiot
a stupid person
she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets
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Recent Examples of dodo
Scientists tested more than 300 combinations of growth factors, small molecules, and metabolites to develop the cells of Nicobar pigeons, the closest relative to the dodo.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The process of resurrection After growing the primordial germ cells, the Colossal scientists plan to edit these with dodo-specific genes.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Genera that have gone extinct over the past 500 years included the dodo, (Raphus), sea cow (Hydrodamalis) and Cylindraspis, a group of recently extinct giant tortoises that lived on Mauritius and nearby islands.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Pigs and other animals brought to the island also ate dodo eggs.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The process of resurrection After growing the primordial germ cells, the Colossal scientists plan to edit these with dodo-specific genes.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Genera that have gone extinct over the past 500 years included the dodo, (Raphus), sea cow (Hydrodamalis) and Cylindraspis, a group of recently extinct giant tortoises that lived on Mauritius and nearby islands.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Pigs and other animals brought to the island also ate dodo eggs.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodo
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The neighborhood/area One of only three lodges on Cerro Guido, the largest estancia in the area, the lodge has access to all the top activities of Torres (a 15-minute drive away) alongside more offbeat, crowd-free outings to ancient burial sites, Jurassic fossil trails, and working sheep farms.—
Sarah Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
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Analysis of other Sthenurinae fossils suggest a variety of movement options for different giant kangaroo species.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
22 Jan. 2026
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But Roberts and the conservatives were also ready to make an exception for the Federal Reserve Board.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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The 25-page reference guide presents statistics that challenge the perception among urbanites that small towns are dominated by white conservatives and people with minimal education.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Mino also helps collect clothes for homeless veterans and helps run a support system for veterans to this day.—
Ashley Sharp,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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That is where a core of ‘seen it all, done it all, got the T-shirt’ veterans come in, guiding the kids through the pitfalls of building a career with the benefit of their experience and wisdom.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
19 Nov. 2025
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
Alison Snyder,
Axios,
23 Feb. 2025
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Elsewhere Timbersaw is another loser from the patch, with some seemingly significant stat nerfs, while Spectre, who has been very annoying to play against in recent weeks, also gets some smaller but hopefully still significant stat changes.—
Mike Stubbs,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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The inevitable capitalistic evolution of the House settlement that allowed for the paying of athletes guaranteed there would be winners and losers, and the winners are – no surprise – the signal-callers.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Sep. 2019
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“Dodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodo. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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