duffer

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Recent Examples of duffer 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 Playing on the same course as some of the game’s greatest golfers can do that to a duffer like me, or any golfer, no matter their skill level. oregonlive, 5 July 2021 The designer and builder of the putting strips shown here says any patio putter or deck duffer can do the same. Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 19 June 2021 See all Example Sentences for duffer 
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Noun
  • These are digital representations of individual patients that help assist physicians in the simulation of treatment and predict outcomes prior to implementation in real life.
    Srinivas Vadhri, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • This structure, which was modeled using computer simulations, would also explain the weirdness of the magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune, both of which are nothing like our own.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • Only traditional organic feeds such as the shoddy are allowed
    Craig Ballinger, Slate Magazine, 20 Mar. 2017
Noun
  • 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
  • The physicians lining up with Teirstein are not a bunch of stumblebums afraid of a few tests.
    Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2015
Noun
  • With the exception of wool and alpaca, natural fibers are generally more likely to crinkle than synthetics.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid approved by the FDA for pain relief and anesthesia.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • That’s the memorable insult that James Kennedy (the DJ of the group) hurled at Tom Sandoval (the resident lout) last season after Sandoval — who had a girlfriend — became romantically involved with Kennedy’s ex-girlfriend.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
Noun
  • The videos are being used in investment scams, such as romance swindles, and in other ways.
    Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Some crypto schemes involve crooks offering to help victims recover money lost in prior crypto swindles.
    Russ Wiles, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Duffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duffer. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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