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dun

[duhn] / dʌn /










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But developers won’t know it until state officials dun them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

One of this crew, no surprise, ends up dead before the night is over, and an unusually somber Poirot must figure out whodunit, before he himself gets dun.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

It isn’t pretty; the palette runs toward dun and dull red with slashes of marine blue.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

So you neither had to put his name on the card nor should you dun him for a contribution of his own, unless he is so moved.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022

It’s Grace Smeath, charmless and righteous, in shapeless, ageless clothing, dun in color; she is ringless and without ornament.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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