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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
The bounty hunter kills some random dudes who are dumb enough to cross him and steals a Falka doll from some little girls who have adopted the Rats as folk heroes.
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Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Sections of shirtless dudes have taken the sport by storm this month.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
We were blessed that people still accepted us as those underground dudes that still got bars.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Those are two dudes [CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens], and the other guys are as well.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
The star running back admitted to throwing up several times during the game, which is roughly par for dudes at Lambeau Field.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The Steelers-Bengals game presents an incredible nod to human potential, and a great chance to see two old dudes – both of whom just happen to be Super Bowl-winning QBs like Brady and Brees – duke it out.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Teoscar, one of the great dudes in the game.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But in his extended scene with Leto’s Ares, the two cool dudes groove on each other’s mystique, leaving Flynn tickled to witness his prediction of an AI-human interface coming to pass.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Sections of shirtless dudes have taken the sport by storm this month.
—Justin Williams, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
We were blessed that people still accepted us as those underground dudes that still got bars.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Those are two dudes [CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens], and the other guys are as well.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025
The star running back admitted to throwing up several times during the game, which is roughly par for dudes at Lambeau Field.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 17 Oct. 2025
The Steelers-Bengals game presents an incredible nod to human potential, and a great chance to see two old dudes – both of whom just happen to be Super Bowl-winning QBs like Brady and Brees – duke it out.
—Coy Wire, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
Teoscar, one of the great dudes in the game.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
But in his extended scene with Leto’s Ares, the two cool dudes groove on each other’s mystique, leaving Flynn tickled to witness his prediction of an AI-human interface coming to pass.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dudes
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If Elsbeth doesn’t believe that the blameless Chop and his team of props guys did it, what about all of the men who like to visit Beryl at all hours of the evening?—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some guys got to be the tough guy.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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My wages were less than $10 an hour, and funds were so tight that missing out on 30 bucks could mean an electric bill wouldn’t get paid.—
Stephanie Land,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s plenty of data highlighting how little some bucks actually move during the rut, but that same research shows that some bucks travel a long, long way from home.—
Will Brantley,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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After the crash, multiple eyewitnesses said that family members of the four minor males in the other car, all of whom were 15, arrived on the scene and attempted to get the boys to leave, according to the warrant.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Four black mice — two females and two males — are set to fly to Tiangong along with the astronauts and will be used in experiments focusing on reproduction in low Earth orbit.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As a rule, royal governors were gentlemen, if not always gentlemen with experience.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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Mid-Century Modern follows three gay gentlemen of a certain age (Lane, Bomer, Graham) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother (Lavin).—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Dudes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dudes. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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