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dummy joint

American  

noun

  1. a slot cut into a concrete slab to prevent serious fractures.


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YouTube caught half the ads that the researchers tried to post from a British dummy account within a day, then rejected the rest and banned the account within the next few days.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

In one test involving a dummy account in Britain, Facebook approved three of the false or misleading ads in English and two of those in Spanish.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

After running our dummy account experiment for two weeks, with "Sam" liking and following content suggested across the social media sites, as well as his original interests - the results were striking:

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2022

The star concluded his thoughts on the situation by lightly rebuking those who fell for the dummy account.

From Fox News • Jun. 25, 2020

For example, I have to write about the president sometimes, and when that includes things he tweeted, I have to log out or use a dummy account to see what he even said first.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2019

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