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dummies

  • plural of dummy.
  • present tense form of dummy (3rd person singular).

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Appeared in the January 13, 2026, print edition as 'Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

If anything, Tech-Splaining for Dummies highlights the current weakness in generative AI tools for bigger projects.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: Sorry to ask this but—can you just do five minutes of Constitutional Law for Dummies: What does the Constitution say about the boundary between state powers and the president’s legal authority?

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2020

None of what he's up to is meant for the consumption of anyone outside his brainwashed cult — a cult that continues to swallow his loopy "Jim Jones for Dummies" act.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2020

Dummies made of wheat sheaves, of barley shocks, of straw, of chaff.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss