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as in idiots
a stupid person
it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy
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as in copies
something that is made to look exactly like something else
for the movie, the props department made a dummy of the lunar module actually used in the mission
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Recent Examples of dummies
Still, as Mann says, members of Gen Z are no dummies.
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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
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
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That's right, thanks to the one and only Taylor Swift for hopping on and deciding to talk with two complete idiots that don't know anything about the music industry.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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This doesn't mean the Furons are idiots who got lucky, though.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Seating capacity figures are from team and stadium websites, as well as media reports.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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The reason the figures are so low for 1992-93 and 1993-94 is that, as mentioned, the first two rounds in those seasons count as qualifying.—
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Free Press filed Freedom of Information Act requests with all 15 public universities in Michigan seeking copies of any requests from federal law enforcement to access security camera footage.—
John Wisely,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Since dropping on August 22, 2025, the new LP sold a massive 3,036,360 copies around the world, according to South Korea’s real-time album sales website Hanteo Chart.—
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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Labubu dolls are made by Chinese toymaker Pop Mart.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
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The Labubu craze has made the founder of the company behind the viral dolls richer than ever.—
Danielle Chemtob,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Swimming pool events have the competitors rescuing mannequins and towing each other.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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The tourism hub is lined with hotels, restaurants, shops and entertainment spots, but the council says lewd messages sprawled across the backsides of storefront mannequins and tongue-in-cheek T-shirts are tarnishing the area’s wholesome image.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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In 2004, two 6-foot-tall statues of Chinese soldiers — a gift from sister city Xi’an, and replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang — were installed at the north end of the bridge.—
Eric Adler
August 17,
Kansas City Star,
17 Aug. 2025
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There’s something uncanny about cruising past replicas of the Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s belltower inside an authentic Venetian gondola as the Nevada sun beats down.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Dummies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummies. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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