dupe
Example Sentences
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Perfetti: On our best day, we’re trying to dupe people into believing that it’s real life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026
Large language models are used to write convincing emails to dupe people out of their money, causing an eight-fold increase in complaints from older Americans as they lost $4.9 billion in online fraud in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
Thanks to rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the cybercriminals seeking to dupe you into handing over your retirement funds or revealing company secrets are getting smarter and stronger.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
"If you're buying a single-ingredient product then you're probably going to be okay in using a dupe or something which is quite low cost because there's very little that can go wrong," she says.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025
I was disgusted with myself for having let her dupe me.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Vocabulary lists containing dupe
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