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Recent Examples of dodo 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 The national bird of Mauritius is the dodo, which was once endemic to the island. James Rampton, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024 Wait, didn’t newsstands go the way of the dodo? Not completely. Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for dodo 
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Noun
  • At the center of this volcanic fossil is a vent that is around 25 miles (40 km) wide.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The description of the new species was based on the discovery of fossils unearthed between 2013 and 2016 by University of Wisconsin–Madison Geology Museum (UWMGM) field crews at a site in what is now Wyoming.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Coney Barrett, broke with conservatives to side with the court's three liberal justices.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
  • At the same time, conservatives accuse it of regulatory overreach.
    Stan Meiburg, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Noun
  • President Joe Biden on Friday is set to award the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for heroism during the Korean War and Vietnam War.
    Luis Martinez, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Death Toll Rises to 15 in New Orleans 'Terrorism' Attack According to multiple U.S. defense officials, Jabbar was a U.S. Army veteran who served on active duty from the mid-2000s to 2015, reported NBC News and CNN.
    Danielle Jennings, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Green Bay, losers of two straight games, opened as a 3.5-point underdog, but that line has climbed to 4.5 points this week.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • That would encourage a new period of aggression by Russia, China, North Korea, and a nuclear-capable Iran, in which America — and Trump — will be the losers.
    Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • And some of us older fogies, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • 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
Noun
  • Two lively mutts guard the noodle factory on the other side of the fence.
    Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016
  • It’s been a long time coming for Managing Partner Kathleen Klinger and her cohorts in ownership, one that’s seen this 3,600-square-foot former warehouse repurposed into a mecca for mutts — and cyclists.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024

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“Dodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodo. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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