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Recent Examples of doodad Picture a gloved dental hygienist, sticking a metal pick and a suction doodad in your mouth, casually chitchatting while you’re stuck staring at the ceiling. Celia Ford, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025 The kitchen, where visitors can rifle through drawers and cabinets filled with Tupperware, aluminum serving dishes and other modern doodads available to postwar home cooks, is a year-round attraction. Paul Eisenberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 First, there’s gear, or technology—the gadgets and doodads that must stash in your carryon alongside a laptop and cellphone. Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025 Sprinkled among the tens of thousands of holiday doodads are pieces of family history that Brown holds dearer to his heart than any of the Christmas adornments that have a high monetary value. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for doodad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doodad
Noun
  • Another garden mainstay, marigolds bloom from early summer through fall, and they're cherished as ornamentals as well as pest-repelling companion plants.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Mealybugs can affect all types of crops, ornamentals, and houseplants, including succulents and cacti.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • In addition to the Jesus tower, another would be dedicated to Mary, with bluish granite ornaments meant to evoke her iconic cloak; there would also be spires for each of the four Evangelists and the twelve apostles.
    D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a point at which there are too many ornaments on the Christmas tree and the whole thing is in danger of tipping over.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is your stop for it all: clothing, decor, furniture, gifts, and baubles, as The Domain has more than 100 shopping and dining options.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • DeLucia’s stagings include a bevy of baubles.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For her, the shelves of novels are more than just decorations.
    Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • These towering decorations are easy to set up and feature built-in, glowing lights to dial up the spookiness.
    Nora Colomer may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lenovo’s claim appears to be that the Legion 9i can fully cool itself with this method, no thingamajig needed.
    Monica Chin, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Shot in 2021, the film apparently featured a crew of Ukrainian gangsters as the henchmen of Hugh Grant’s billionaire arms dealer antagonist, Greg Simmonds (who is brokering the thingamajig deal).
    Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Words that foiled spellers included chrysal, athanor, cloxacillin, heliconius, torticollis, platylepadid and gewgaw, and at one point judges had to review a video replay to determine whether a speller said the letter I or Y.
    New York Times, New York Times, 9 July 2021
  • And how nice to see Cynthia Erivo — to really see the woman and not have her overwhelmed by an elaborate mishmash of ruffles and gewgaws.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2020
Noun
  • Studs, leopard print, and DIY ornamentation sit alongside soft pastels, swirling graphic patterns, and a Nouveau color palette inspired by the Parisian Metropolitain signs.
    Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Born into postwar optimism in the mid-20th century, the movement favored steel, concrete, and insulated glass in defiance of ornamentation.
    Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The movie’s apocalyptic plot hinges on a digital doohickey identified onscreen as the P.L.O.T.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • This model is basically an all-things-to-all people air-changing doohickey par excellence.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 31 Mar. 2025

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“Doodad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodad. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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