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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
In high school, Magaro got tight with a dude who turned him on to more challenging stuff, lots of Stanley Kubrick.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
Back in the present day, Kraven has a list of evil dudes to kill, Chorney having been one of them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Heller slowly turns to look, only to confirm that the scruffy-looking hipster-dad dude, one of a gajillion who also reside in the area, is not Hawke.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
There are pictures of this big, burly, bearded dude named George holding me as a baby.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 13 Dec. 2024
Back in the present day, Kraven has a list of evil dudes to kill, Chorney having been one of them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
Heller slowly turns to look, only to confirm that the scruffy-looking hipster-dad dude, one of a gajillion who also reside in the area, is not Hawke.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
There are pictures of this big, burly, bearded dude named George holding me as a baby.
—Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dude
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The plan was to swap Theodosia for the real Ynez, but the princess insisted that her beau be sprung, too, and Valya obliged.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 22 Dec. 2024
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Plus, all three women come to their young beaus via a daughter, or pseudo-daughter like Diana.Mariam Rahmani, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The reporters were seated on the main stage and understood nary a word of his speech, although the Wall Street Journal guy faked it by writing stuff down.Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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This is a guy who's done everything Trump's asked him to do.ABC News, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Evans' courageous effort as an underdog was every bit as impressive as the gallant comeback Oak Ridge staged to pull out an 85-80 victory and preserve its No. 4 MaxPreps national ranking.Nate Marrero, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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Australia's best teams since that golden age - 2017 and 2023 - were gallant and stole victories but ultimately fell short.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles north of Bixby Cove, in the late 1990s.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The right whales were identified as Catalog #4120, a 13-year-old female, and Catalog #5110, a 3-year-old male.Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Complete Bocuse by Paul Bocuse Amazon This is a recipe book by a gentleman, Paul Bocuse, who is hailed as the greatest French chef—or maybe the French people would say the greatest chef—of the twentieth century.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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And Kelce is as good as his word as his profile picture on X (formerly known as Twitter), has been updated to include a shot of the gentleman in question.Clare Fisher, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Dude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dude. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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