dummy

Example Sentences

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A driver on California's notoriously congested highways put a life-sized dummy in the passenger seat to trick his way into the faster carpool lane, only to get caught for forgetting one detail -- the face.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

"Numbskull", "moron", "a real dummy" are just some of the criticisms Trump levelled at Powell when talking to the media.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Even when the screen isn’t in focus, actors, including Supriya Ganesh as Dr. Mohan, click away at dummy displays with accurate details.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

And when the subject of the main clause is the dummy element it or there, the reader glides right over it, and it poses no danger of attracting a dangler.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker