shoddies

plural of shoddy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoddies
Noun
  • To understand the lens’s effect on pulse shape, scientists ran simulations.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The team carried out multiple simulations to see if the injuries could have been sustained through other activities during the dinosaurs’ daily lives, like accidentally stepping on each other’s tails, muscular strain during motion, fighting, being hunted, feeding or walking.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Satire is brilliant for exposing the folly of humans, especially those in power and those working in bad faith—the hypocrites and the frauds—and can be particularly potent when set in irrational or dystopic times.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Notice how these two Third World frauds are in federal custody, not state.
    Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Shoddies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoddies. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.

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