dummy

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Start with a prompt asking for a dummy version.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 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

The department said Sun, the contractor, would use hair dryers to remove and stick labels and serial number tags to the server boxes and dummy servers, which were captured on surveillance cameras.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

While I was staring at Miss Alice Ann, my mouth open like a dummy, Lightfoot disappeared.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns