dummy

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Even when the screen isn’t in focus, actors, including Supriya Ganesh as Dr. Mohan, click away at dummy displays with accurate details.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

For example, photos included in the indictment show the use of a hair dryer to move serial numbers to boxes of nonworking, replicated dummy servers in an attempt to mislead the U.S.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

The individuals allegedly "conspired to sell billions of dollars'" worth of technology to buyers in China by faking documents and using dummy equipment to slip past audits, according to the DOJ.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Falsified documents were used to hide the trail to China, and non-working "dummy" replica servers were kept in stock to fool auditors, according to the indictment.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Dad checks his social media and lets us know that there was another dummy found in the same position—at the home of the president of the group who bought the building.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold