1
as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas
youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers
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2
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
Projects to resurrect animals that have gone extinct more recently — the mammoth, dodo and Tasmanian tiger — are reaching an inflection point, although the goal is to create a hybrid approximation of those creatures, not carbon copies.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
With the funding, the company plans to, for example, rewrite elephant DNA with mammoth genes to create a mammoth-like embryo, and the company’s goal has expanded to editing and re-writing DNA to restore or preserve several extinct animals like the dodo bird or Tasmanian tiger.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After Thursday’s goodbye, that atmosphere has gone the way of the dodo bird, the wooly mammoth, the saber-tooth tiger.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Creatures that would be little on the mainland, such as birds and lizards, tend to become massive in island settings—producing the 50-pound dodo and the ten-foot-long Komodo dragon, for example.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
With the funding, the company plans to, for example, rewrite elephant DNA with mammoth genes to create a mammoth-like embryo, and the company’s goal has expanded to editing and re-writing DNA to restore or preserve several extinct animals like the dodo bird or Tasmanian tiger.
—Stephen Pastis, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
After Thursday’s goodbye, that atmosphere has gone the way of the dodo bird, the wooly mammoth, the saber-tooth tiger.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2024
Creatures that would be little on the mainland, such as birds and lizards, tend to become massive in island settings—producing the 50-pound dodo and the ten-foot-long Komodo dragon, for example.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodo
Noun
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The pair then compared the features with other puzzling fossils found in the region over recent years.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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For instance, due to new fossil finds, many dinosaurs are now known to have feathers.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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In 2022, conservatives were overjoyed to see the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, returning the regulation of abortions to the states.—
Nicole Russell,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Share [Findings] In Europe, conservatives are outbreeding progressives.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper's Magazine,
22 Jan. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
19 Apr. 2024
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The stupid!—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
2 July 2021
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Landing Vincent could give them another veteran for the playoffs and a capable ball-handler.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Appearing on the Graham Norton Show alongside fellow guest Olly Alexander — also a Eurovision veteran — the actor talked about his love of the annual song competition, which led to co-writing and co-starring in the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
26 Jan. 2025
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Of course, there was at least one huge financial loser in all of this: insurance companies.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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That merely raises the dangerous specter of future lawless conduct by other poor losers and undermines the rule of law.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.—
Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2023
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The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits.—
Judith Thurman,
The New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2023
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In Vermont, a fast-acting witness spotted a struggling 7-year-old mutt in trouble and waded into an icy river up to his waist to reunite the dog with its grateful owner.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
20 Jan. 2025
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Two lively mutts guard the noodle factory on the other side of the fence.—
Anne F. Thurston,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Feb. 2016
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“Dodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodo. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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