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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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Her comments come as Democrats face a leadership crossroads in Washington, with long-serving figures under scrutiny and younger candidates pushing for change.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Sep. 2025
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Plenty of timepiece brands increased their prices, too, in response to those initial tariff figures back in April, according to Hodinkee.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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Luminate reports that the decade-old set sold 50,500 copies throughout America in the most recent week.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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One accuser, Marina Lacerda, called on the Justice Department to give survivors full unredacted copies of all case files.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Yet the dolls and their fakes continue to be sold in large quantities both domestically and overseas.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of others had everything from tacos, micheladas and fresh fruit for sale to the trendy Labubu dolls.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Winocour does better with some of the specifics, like the red adhesive biopsy strips placed around Maxine’s breasts, mirroring the patterning tape on mannequins in the workshop.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
8 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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In the non-virtual world, some have made physical toy replicas of the characters, while others have created real-life plays featuring them.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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While the original pieces perished in a fire at Rohwer after the war, the replicas remain to give evidence of this student project that developed under her supervision.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Dummies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dummies. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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