- present tense form of fool (3rd person singular).
fools
Example Sentences
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The boys are not masterminds; the victims are not fools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
“We as carbon-based fools will spend our money empathizing and caring about silicon-based creations,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
Supposed experts have been made to look like fools.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
Such reasoning can become textbook Greater Fool Theory — investors paying foolish prices with the expectation that greater fools than they will pay even higher prices.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 6, 2026
By early 2005 Howie Hubler had found a sufficient number of fools in the market to acquire 2 billion dollars’ worth of these bespoke credit default swaps.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
