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Even as propaganda, it was pretty dumb — never discounting for currency fluctuation, alternative sourcing or domestic capacity increases, to name a few counterindicators.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026

Not the joke, which was dumb the way 15-year-olds are dumb.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The future was coming on fast, and it was dumb as a brick.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

I can hardly believe one of the most popular vehicles in America is so dumb looking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

I didn’t know who the note was from, or why anybody would think it was me leaving dumb notes in their desk.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

My anxiety about A.I. is not that it will make my job obsolete but that it will make me a little dumber.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

"Rather than becoming dumber, we are becoming more specialised for the job," said Tania Esparza.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026

ChatGPT won’t make us dumb and dumber unless we let it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

“The future is a lot dumber than I thought it would be,” the worker said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

Lucinda looks at me as if I’m a lot dumber than she thought I was.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

The dumbest phrase in military history is Adolf Hitler saying “Let’s attack Russia in the winter.”

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026

In the yet-unwritten history of electric pickups, the Tesla Cybertruck would appear around the end of Chapter One, when things look their darkest—and dumbest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

NBA legend Charles Barkley branded the San Antonio Spurs "the dumbest basketball team in the history of civilisation" after the New York Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback in NBA Finals history.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

“That was the dumbest decision I’ve ever seen anyone make,” Stripling said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2026

She tends to freak out over the dumbest things.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly