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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Recent Examples of dummies However, an image of the dummies shared by leaker Sonny Dickson indicates Samsung's finally making room for magnetic rings at the back. PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025 But for the most part, these competitors were dummies all around, with even the biggest threats deeply flawed or actively annoying in some way. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025 The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025 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
  • Noah's sister-in-law Esther (Jackie Tohn), the Jewish character portrayed most insultingly last year, has thankfully been softened and refined, and has somehow become the lone voice of reason amongst a group of immature idiots.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • To be funny while playing a character who’s sweet and endearing (even when calling his friends idiots) is a skill, and Bad Bunny has it.
    Rima Parikh, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But who are the actors who make these figures so frighteningly iconic?
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Reportedly, the company intends to reuse the fundamental robotic core — which houses the complex multimodal interaction and motion-control technology — to create a diverse range of new figures.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Bring multiple copies of your résumé, have questions for the reps and dress professionally.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Once the copies are made, keep them on hand and store the originals in a safe and secure place, Velasquez said.
    Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In other words, Mattel isn’t just making Barbie dolls with long, purple braids (though there will probably be those too) here.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Some stalls leaned into gothic and horror themes — creepy dolls, crocheted bats and taxidermy shadow boxes — while others were more classic fare, selling plastic pumpkins, ghosts and skulls.
    Sonia Mankame, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Givenchy couture atelier created four iterations of the little black dress—one original and three reproductions.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The collection included reproductions of uniforms worn by each profession and Johnson’s modernized interpretations, enhanced with waterproofing, durability and thermal regulation.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Each artifact seems to come with a tale , even the fence posts, benches, and mannequins put out for parties.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For Artemis 1, NASA flew two female-anatomy mannequins, Helga and Zohar, to test the effects of space radiation on women.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tonight, one of the replicas hits the Paramount Studios runway on model Olivia Petersen.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The exhibition highlights over 40 life-size animatronic replicas of dinosaurs in their habitats, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, Velociraptors and Stegosauruses.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025

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