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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
However, an image of the dummies shared by leaker Sonny Dickson indicates Samsung's finally making room for magnetic rings at the back.
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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
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
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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
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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
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But who are the actors who make these figures so frighteningly iconic?—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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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
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Bring multiple copies of your résumé, have questions for the reps and dress professionally.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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The Givenchy couture atelier created four iterations of the little black dress—one original and three reproductions.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Tonight, one of the replicas hits the Paramount Studios runway on model Olivia Petersen.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
27 Oct. 2025
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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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“Dummies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummies. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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