as in fake
being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials
the dummy shutters on the house are actually made of vinyl and are for decoration only
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as in idiot
a stupid person
it's obvious that she's in love with you, you dummy
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as in copy
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 dummy
Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Satellite imagery has revealed dummy missile launchers, inflatable replicas, and wooden models placed in open areas to attract attention and mislead targeting systems.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Over the next two years, Chris filmed the mosquitoes circling the Styrofoam dummies mercilessly.
—David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
Meanwhile, the dummy servers were staged in Southeast Asia and used to try and pass audits from Supermicro’s own inspectors and the US Commerce Department.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Satellite imagery has revealed dummy missile launchers, inflatable replicas, and wooden models placed in open areas to attract attention and mislead targeting systems.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
Jamie’s no dummy, though, and nothing about this situation is sitting right with him.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026
Over the next two years, Chris filmed the mosquitoes circling the Styrofoam dummies mercilessly.
—David Hu, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dummy
Adjective
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Security company Trend Micro has documented that actors who’ve worked on past operations benefiting the North Korean government have used these addresses, particularly in scams involving fake recruiters.—
Jessica Klein,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2026
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Faces of Death isn’t a remake of the infamous 1978 exploitation landmark, a faux documentary that positioned itself as an anthology of actual carnage (though much of its disturbing footage was fake).—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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From Hot Wheels to toy dolls, each item is handpicked and carefully listed online by Cameron himself.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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That could spell the end of the line for Sporkey, Rex, Hamm, Bo Peep and the other dolls and action figures that once delighted Bonnie.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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One laborer stole a parking placard and made a copy of it in order to park in a secure lot, the OIG found.—
Talia Soglin,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The memo, a copy of which was sent to The Associated Press, followed a long day of reports suggesting Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund was on the verge of cutting its financial backing of the upstart league.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The rustic Irish restaurant and bar’s interior décor, fixtures and kitchen equipment were auctioned off last week, with items ranging from $60 for a faux antique rifle to $1,600 for a commercial mixer.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The simulation is so immersive that windows, shaped like those of a plane, show drifting clouds as the room trembles with faux turbulence.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
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Rua enters the topic of humanness by depicting a pack of mannequins.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Bateman had crowned himself the successor to Jeffs, telling people that Jeffs had died and been replaced by a mannequin in his cell.—
Derek Lawrence,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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And as far as attention to detail, each follow in the footsteps of Amalgam’s miniature Formula 1 replicas and its previous partnerships with Maranello, which include a diminutive 12Cilindri.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
10 Apr. 2026
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O’Leary’s just been peppering the house manager with questions about her business and admiring the replica of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man that dominates the entryway.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2026
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In fact, the common liquor, distilled from grains or potatoes, can be a natural alternative to many synthetic cleaning products and an inexpensive, shelf-stable swap in a pinch.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
11 Apr. 2026
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The raids, each the result of unrelated Drug Enforcement Administration investigations that occurred within six hours on Wednesday, targeted large-scale packaging operations, where the synthetic opioid was parceled into glassine envelopes before making its way to the streets.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Dummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummy. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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