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as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas
youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers
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as in idiot
a stupid person
she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets
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Recent Examples of dodo
Scientists tested more than 300 combinations of growth factors, small molecules, and metabolites to develop the cells of Nicobar pigeons, the closest relative to the dodo.
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Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The process of resurrection After growing the primordial germ cells, the Colossal scientists plan to edit these with dodo-specific genes.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Genera that have gone extinct over the past 500 years included the dodo, (Raphus), sea cow (Hydrodamalis) and Cylindraspis, a group of recently extinct giant tortoises that lived on Mauritius and nearby islands.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Pigs and other animals brought to the island also ate dodo eggs.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
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Public power is the answer to this fossil-fuel graft.—
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Like Homo antecessor, the Casablanca fossils have a mix of characteristics from Homo erectus, ourselves and our cousins.—
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Democrats have run several bills over the past few years to protect trans youth, in particular, a move that conservatives have decried as government interference with families.—
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But the six conservatives, a majority of them seemed not persuaded by that argument.—
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Overwhelmingly, though, the most common response was to seek confirmation of their suspicions that Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were morons.—
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There are worse things than watching Black, Rudd, and Zahn play three gormless morons on a mid-life misadventure, but almost every scene and setpiece is constructed with a haphazardness that blunders away their charm.—
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The coalition’s duties include advising city staff on veteran issues, selecting the annual Veteran of the Year and contributing to the maintenance of the city’s veterans memorial.—
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Derrick Merrin, her 2024 challenger, is launching a rematch, and Air Force veteran Alea Nadeem is also vying for the Republican nomination.—
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And then, the rest of her life, filled with big stupids and everything else, will begin.—
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
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Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.—
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These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't.—
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Killers, however, are practical and can’t stand losers.—
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More winners and losers are emerging as the first phase of restarting Venezuela’s oil industry takes shape.—
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This man performed in all of Shakespeare’s plays, Assumed all parts from mossbacks to boys young.—
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“Dodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodo. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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