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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumb clucks
Noun
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As Venus points out in his confessional, the problem here is Marcus, who keeps making both of them look like idiots.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2026 -
Thank God for the 10-second delay, which was introduced for f---ing idiots like me.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Dilbert principle — traced back to a quote in a 1995 strip — posited that managers and higher-ups are actually successful morons whose stubbornness is confused for real leadership qualities.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2026
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Noun
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After embarking on the quest to bring back dodos, the company also teamed up with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to create native habitats in which the bird survived before its extinction.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Colossal's de-extinction projects now span dodos, dire wolves, mammoths, and moas.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Dumb clucks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumb%20clucks. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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