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Recent Examples of dufferMany duffers would pick two-time major PGA Tour champion John Daly, whose on-and-off course feats have become legend.—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 14 July 2024 For the first third of the 20th century even duffers had caddies and at Pinehurst that meant a Black man or boy.—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 See All Example Sentences for duffer
However, the specific functions of DSE — design, simulation and experimentation in support of helicopters, advanced rotorcraft, drones and other vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft — would be significantly impaired.
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Mike Hirschberg,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Watch On For each mission simulation, one astronaut pilots the aircraft while another charts the landing area, marking key landmarks, identifying potential hazards and helping to track the flight path.
The companies that will thrive in 2025 are those that prioritize data quality over quantity, embrace emerging technologies like synthetic and multimodal data, and maintain customer trust through transparent personalization practices.
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Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
Running gear essentially remained the same until the post-WWII boom in synthetics, which saw the development of fabrics with specific moisture-wicking and temperature-regulating qualities that proved far preferable than a pair of old gym shorts and a cotton tank top.
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.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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.
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2024
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