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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
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.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
Screams famous-old-dudes en vacances!
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Hopefully, the dudes buy into him.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Stopping along the side of a road for a call of nature doesn’t turn out so well for the dudes in the prologue.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
In the Sixties, all the English dudes revered the lineage of Black American music.
—St. Vincent, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition.
—Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Hockey dudes are a superstitious lot.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
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
Hopefully, the dudes buy into him.
—Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 May 2026
Stopping along the side of a road for a call of nature doesn’t turn out so well for the dudes in the prologue.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
In the Sixties, all the English dudes revered the lineage of Black American music.
—St. Vincent, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition.
—Tony Le Calvez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
Hockey dudes are a superstitious lot.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dudes
Noun
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Let the young bucks deal with the shuttles.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Plenty of restaurants in New York are preposterously expensive, and Marcel is, too—a cocktail alone can run more than forty bucks—but the restaurant pulls off the much rarer trick of feeling actually rich.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Noun
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They were written by a bunch of guys in powdered wigs and knee socks.—
Britta Miller,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
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Your memoir reframed Black Sabbath less as mythology and more as four working-class guys trying to survive life in Birmingham.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
17 June 2026
Noun
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So are their girlfriends and wives, who support their beaus in stadiums and at home.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
1 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Michelle Baricevic,
InStyle,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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According to a witness account, two males pulled up outside the consulate in a white Honda, fired a handgun, got back into the car and fled.—
Swasti Singhai,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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In total, 81 individuals were captured across the two sites, including juveniles, adult males, and pregnant adult females, which indicated a self-sustaining population.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 June 2026
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Well, first of all, the idea that these three gentlemen that have very little background in terms of negotiations or the technical nature of nuclear negotiations going against a hardened Iranian team that's been doing this for decades.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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So ladies and gentlemen, please welcome songwriter, Hall of Fame, class of 2026, inductee, Taylor Swift.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
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“Dudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dudes. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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