dummy

Example Sentences

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When a friend couldn’t make a trip along Route 66 to celebrate their 66th birthday, they bought an inflatable dummy, added his image to the head and included it in group photos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 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

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

There was the safety dummy that was misappropriated by impatient commuters.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Still, she told herself, she was not a dummy either, so as long as she kept her thoughts to herself, well, where was the harm?

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman