dude
Example Sentences
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Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s name was wrong, and the meme used a picture of some random dude to stand in for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
“This dude sees the world a little differently than us,” Alfredo worried.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
A perversity in the script is that Frank is a manipulator and a gaslighter but overall a pretty good dude.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
He’s the dude giving Matthew Stafford a race for league MVP.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
It took a moment for Aru to realize that it wasn’t some dude skulking in the shadows who was talking, but the palace itself.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
Vocabulary lists containing dude
Least Presidential Vocabulary Used by Presidential Candidates during the GOP Debate (Sept. 16, 2015)
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