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as in bucks
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry
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Recent Examples of dudes
Not the fun stuff — waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes — but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
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Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Kara and Ruthye figure out the Brigands are trafficking young women for dastardly purposes, giving them yet another reason to smack some dudes around.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The beauty is, what either of these major dudes will tell you (or in Dylan’s case, not explain at all) is not wrong for them.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
This intensive five-day retreat welcomes only America’s dudes, bros, lads, sons and fathers.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Everywhere, dudes remembered guys.
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Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
From German dudes discovering Waffle House in the Deep South to Japanese fans experiencing chips and salsa overload in Texas, it's been absolutely beautiful seeing the guests of this great nation being exposed to the best parts of our culture stateside.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Warfare costars Charles Melton and Michael Gandolfini are two dapper dudes at IndieWire TV Honors 2026 on June 4 in Los Angeles.
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People Staff,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Screams famous-old-dudes en vacances!
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Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Kara and Ruthye figure out the Brigands are trafficking young women for dastardly purposes, giving them yet another reason to smack some dudes around.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
The beauty is, what either of these major dudes will tell you (or in Dylan’s case, not explain at all) is not wrong for them.
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Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 June 2026
This intensive five-day retreat welcomes only America’s dudes, bros, lads, sons and fathers.
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Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
Everywhere, dudes remembered guys.
—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
From German dudes discovering Waffle House in the Deep South to Japanese fans experiencing chips and salsa overload in Texas, it's been absolutely beautiful seeing the guests of this great nation being exposed to the best parts of our culture stateside.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
Warfare costars Charles Melton and Michael Gandolfini are two dapper dudes at IndieWire TV Honors 2026 on June 4 in Los Angeles.
—
People Staff,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Screams famous-old-dudes en vacances!
—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dudes
Noun
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The company was saving a few bucks but ruining its product.
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Lenovo Laptop Deals Lenovo makes some of the most stylish and sophisticated Windows laptops out there, and a Prime Day discount that brings the exceptional Slim 7i Aura Edition down to a thousand bucks is well worth noting.
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
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These guys, everyone has each other’s backs.
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So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.
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Despite some very not-so-subtle hints from yours truly, my past beaus have never gifted me a handbag on Valentine’s Day, either.
Noun
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Among hominins and other mammals, females typically exhibit two X chromosomes and males carry an X and a Y chromosome.
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In most species of jacana—there are eight in all—the males sit on the eggs and the females do the murdering.
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
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And that, ladies and gentlemen, has to be one of the most surreal paragraphs ever printed in The New York Times.
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“Dudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dudes. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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