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as in beau
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry
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Recent Examples of dude
This guy's just a regular dude, a regular parental figure, a surrogate dad for the character of Lily in the movie.
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Yolanda MacHado, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Everyone sees just the antics on the sideline, but that dude is just an all-around, great coach.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
That’s just from begging a bum-a– dude to buy me flowers, to just having so much fruition in my career.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
Then my opponent this giant dude Bronson Reed, decided to jump off the top of a cage and snap his ankle.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Yolanda MacHado, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Everyone sees just the antics on the sideline, but that dude is just an all-around, great coach.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2025
That’s just from begging a bum-a– dude to buy me flowers, to just having so much fruition in my career.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Mar. 2025
Then my opponent this giant dude Bronson Reed, decided to jump off the top of a cage and snap his ankle.
—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dude
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More than a decade later, Stiller now counts Swift’s beau as a costar.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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Alessandra Ambrosio is feeling the love with her new beau Buck Palmer!—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The guy who shot that, Louis Powell, one of our South Africans, has been with the show for a very long time.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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These guys fought savagely, just fought incredibly hard.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2025
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Generally portrayed as a male, Aslan was created as an allegory for Jesus by author C.S. Lewis.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
3 Apr. 2025
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Those individuals were 70% Black and close to 80% male.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
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Off the floor, the 6-foot-2 floor general carries himself like a true gentleman.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Frank This character doing all the heavy lifting to keep Rick’s ruse afloat and Sam Rockwell doing all the heavy lifting to keep this plot interesting: Thank you for your service, gentlemen.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Dude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dude. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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