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as in calls
to give a name to
I've dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt
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as in fumbles
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second
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Recent Examples of dubs
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax.
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Shani Harmon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Claire meets strange apothecary Master Raymond, who dubs her La Dame Blanche.
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Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.
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Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.
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Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
While Americans searched for spaces for deeper community in that span, CultureCon – which now dubs itself the world's largest meetup of creatives – sprouted from a gathering of 21 people in Ellis' apartment to an annual gathering place for 12,000 attendees.
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Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
What the site dubs Best of the Best Destinations reflect places visitors have given the highest ratings over the past year.
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Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
An alien known only as Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders) flees his home planet and crash-lands in Hawaii, where he is adopted by a grieving young girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase), who takes him for a dog and dubs him Stitch.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
27 Jan. 2026
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
YouTube says up to 25% of the test channels' viewers opt for non-English dubs.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
The film used Flawless technology to assist with dubs and ore family friendly versions of the film.
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Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Hulu offers four seasons of Naruto, nine seasons of Shippuden, and one season of Boruto, with episodes varying between English dubs and original Japanese with subtitles.
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Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Verb
Cushing, Oklahoma, dubs itself the pipeline crossroads of the world.
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David Goldman,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
This results in what Atlassian dubs the fragmentation tax.
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Shani Harmon,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Claire meets strange apothecary Master Raymond, who dubs her La Dame Blanche.
—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.
—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
21 Mar. 2026
Soon a tunnel between the ships, then a meeting, with a friendly, inquisitive alien who looks like a sort of craggy spider/crab, whom Grace dubs Rocky.
—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
While Americans searched for spaces for deeper community in that span, CultureCon – which now dubs itself the world's largest meetup of creatives – sprouted from a gathering of 21 people in Ellis' apartment to an annual gathering place for 12,000 attendees.
—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
What the site dubs Best of the Best Destinations reflect places visitors have given the highest ratings over the past year.
—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2026
An alien known only as Experiment 626 (Chris Sanders) flees his home planet and crash-lands in Hawaii, where he is adopted by a grieving young girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase), who takes him for a dog and dubs him Stitch.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
The four producers on the project were responsible for producing the full project — including the audio dubs across languages, the music and the score – over six weeks.
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Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
23 June 2026
Kansas City played host to the Tahoe Knight Monsters and beat the visitors twice at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence, adding two more dubs to the win column.
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The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
YouTube says up to 25% of the test channels' viewers opt for non-English dubs.
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Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
13 Sep. 2025
The film used Flawless technology to assist with dubs and ore family friendly versions of the film.
—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
4 Sep. 2025
Hulu offers four seasons of Naruto, nine seasons of Shippuden, and one season of Boruto, with episodes varying between English dubs and original Japanese with subtitles.
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Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dubs
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Traffic is expected to be impacted in Midtown Manhattan as the city initiates shuttle bus corridors and closed streets around Penn Station for fans going to MetLife Stadium, which FIFA calls New York New Jersey Stadium.
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The Mayo Clinic’s current position, updated September 2024, calls infrared benefits preliminary.
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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.
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Far from lumps of rock, the trojans, along with DJ and Dinkinesh (which is the Ethiopian name for the Lucy fossil), are windows into the past, and the storytellers of the Earth's most ancient history.
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Lenders will take the keys and private equity will take its lumps, as designed.
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The lawsuit also names as a defendant ACF Property Management, which manages the Commons at Walnut Creek shopping center where the massage spa is located.
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Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, and the Popular Mobilization Forces in Iraq are all still standing, and the memorandum names Lebanon as a covered front.
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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.
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Both the England and Croatia fans boo as the referee blows for the hydration breaks.
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Most of Gaza’s 2 million residents remain displaced amid devastation and severe shortages, as new Israeli strikes on crowded areas kill children and other civilians Israel labels militant targets.
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Why are shoppers reading grocery labels more carefully?
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Kingpin’s enforcer Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan) shockingly murders Deputy Mayor Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini) in a showdown of Fisk’s two right-hand men.
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Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.
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Sinner, the 2024 Miami Open champion, became the first man since Roger Federer in 2017 to complete the Sunshine Double — winning Indian Wells and Miami titles back-to-back — and the first in history to win the double without losing a set.
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Let people follow problems across functions, not titles up a ladder.
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“Dubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dubs. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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