dub

Example Sentences

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Taking its name from medieval castles, long-term investors dub a dominant company’s ability to maintain its edge a “moat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

The Brisbane Courier Mail claimed England are "not even trying anymore", the Advertiser from Adelaide labelled the tourists "rub a dub duds" and Sydney's Daily Telegraph carried the headline "Surfed and Turfed".

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

World economic growth forecasts will be revised up by one percentage point annually for the next five years, says Saxo, leading Wall Street to dub the episode the “Swiftie put.”

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

You tell the director there’s no way you’re gonna dub it later — that that’s for pop stars.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

Though the Arabs took the notation from India, the rest of the world would dub the new system Arabic numerals.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife