as in Joe Blow
an average or ordinary man
to John Doe the most important issues in any election are usually those that affect his wallet
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Recent Examples of John Doe
The cases, Detective Luke Shaw said, include unidentified Jane Doe, whose body was found in 2000, and John Doe from 1994.
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Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The film is divided into two parts, with a theater-friendly 15-minute intermission (with extra music packed in there, too), and the song interpreters include Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Gillian Welch, John Doe, Steve Earle, Los Lobos and Valerie June.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Other big stories ➤ AI image helps ID John Doe found near Tucson trail.
—AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The officer offers up the name John Doe, to which McLeod agrees.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
The film is divided into two parts, with a theater-friendly 15-minute intermission (with extra music packed in there, too), and the song interpreters include Lucinda Williams, Dwight Yoakam, Gillian Welch, John Doe, Steve Earle, Los Lobos and Valerie June.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 29 Aug. 2025
Other big stories ➤ AI image helps ID John Doe found near Tucson trail.
—AZCentral.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The officer offers up the name John Doe, to which McLeod agrees.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for John Doe
Noun
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Under secret balloting, someone might say, hey, here is $5 to vote for Joe Blow, but the voter could take the money and go into the curtained voting booth and vote for Bill Smith.—
Jay Ambrose,
Star Tribune,
10 Aug. 2020
Noun
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Benj Steinman, president of Beer Marketer’s Insight, said Yuengling is among the last regional brewers left standing in an age of consolidation, giving it craft beer cachet at something closer to a Joe Six-Pack price.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Rural farmers could receive payments, urban workers could send money home and millions joined the formal economy for the first time.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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It’s gotten so bad that, in one of the largest H-2A criminal cases ever, a federal judge described the abuse of these workers as a form of modern-day slavery.—
Max Blau,
ProPublica,
16 Sep. 2025
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“John Doe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/John%20Doe. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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