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Recent Examples of duffer
For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.
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Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024
Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.
—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
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Craig Gill / Made By History, TIME, 13 June 2024
Unwinding with a cool glass of lemonade, the jointed old duffer in the lawn chair is simply propped in place.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2022
Erickson was her boat's duffer and responsible for the map, but had been too distracted socializing.
—Madison Karas, Star Tribune, 30 June 2021
Certainly there is value in showing clips of Al Michaels’ golf swing, which made every duffer feel better about his/her swing, and in breaking down clips of Phil Mickelson tossing a football (quicker release than Trey Lance).
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for duffer
Noun
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By unifying intelligence, manufacturers can run simulations, identify vulnerabilities, and respond proactively—protecting digital and sustainability gains even in turbulent periods.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Inside a simulation that wants something from you and gives back magic in return.—
Bob Bonniol,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Recycled pop bottles are made into carpets and seat linings, and cotton shoddy—used to make blue jeans—is recycled and turned into sound insulation.—
Katherine LaGrave,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 July 2018
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Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed—
Craig Ballinger,
Slate Magazine,
20 Mar. 2017
Noun
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As opposed to palookas and has-beens and tin cans and stumblebums, a player who got waived departed with his dignity intact.—
Joe Queenan,
WSJ,
2 Nov. 2018
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The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.—
Kurt Eichenwald,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2015
Noun
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In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Team Wey-Yu is led by a terminator-like cyborg, Morrow (Babou Ceesay), while Team Kavalier features a group of hybrids (synthetics with human consciousness) led by the insatiably curious Wendy (Sydney Chandler).—
Daron James,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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And when someone does cross the line, like the louts who doused cops in Harlem and Brownsville with water in 2019, most officers have shown remarkable restraint.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2024
Noun
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According to a press release from Ellison’s office, a jury found Yusuf guilty of six counts of aiding and abetting theft by swindle.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
12 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's tariff obsession represents another layer of this elaborate swindle.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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