dummies

plural of dummy
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as in figures
a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes the dummies were arranged in the store window as if they were acting out scenes

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of dummies Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies. Julia Sullivan, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025 But the claim here isn’t that the Snakes are baseball dummies and the Padres are baseball geniuses. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dummies
Noun
  • Too many people are acting like idiots or calling for violence.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • But there's always a chance that some idiots somewhere will get hold of this information a few months from now and start making noise about it.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • ABC's move is latest high-profile example of media figures facing repercussions for comments about Kirk's killing.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Facts and figures The Red Sox are 82-69.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Luminate reports the set sold 9,400 copies in the United States last frame, up from under 400 the period prior.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Calligraphers like Mustapha produce sacred work, such as copies of the Quran, books of religious poetry, and amulets.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The deals range from headbands and plush dolls for $3 apiece to hats and souvenir sipper cups for $5 each.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Labubu dolls, of course, are imported from China, and South Park found a way to tie that craze into doll sacrifices to summon Satan (and Trump by proxy).
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Infinity Room Visitors stepping into a closet will encounter four Mary mannequins repeating endlessly in opposing mirrors.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But the line is wildly popular—the launch of a collaboration with the street artist KAWS sparked a frenzy in China in 2019, with shoppers crawling under shutters, removing clothes from mannequins, and putting one another in headlocks to get the shirts before they were gone.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Generations of scientists have dedicated their careers to sculpting increasingly sophisticated planetary replicas.
    Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The paper also highlights the potential of digital twins — virtual patient replicas that allow doctors to simulate treatments before applying them in real life.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025

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