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as in fossil
a person with old-fashioned ideas
youngsters helping old dodos learn to use computers
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as in idiot
a stupid person
she called him a dodo after he lost the concert tickets
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Recent Examples of dodo
Colossal is also working on de-extincting the dodo, another South Pacific flightless bird species wiped out by hungry settlers.
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David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf.
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Mike Snider,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
The company is also working to bring back the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the moa.
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Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
Scientists at Colossal have cultivated primordial germ cells — early precursors to sperm and egg cells — from the pigeon, the dodo’s closest living relative.
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Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Since announcing its project to bring back the woolly mammoth in 2021, Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to de-extinct two birds, the dodo and the moa, the Australian thylacine or Tasmanian tiger and the dire wolf.
—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
The company is also working to bring back the woolly mammoth, the Tasmanian tiger, the dodo, and the moa.
—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
30 Apr. 2026
Scientists at Colossal have cultivated primordial germ cells — early precursors to sperm and egg cells — from the pigeon, the dodo’s closest living relative.
—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodo
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From otherworldly red rocks to fossil beds and alpine lakes, Nevada’s state parks offer adventures far beyond the Las Vegas Strip.
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What made the claim misleading was the gap between a transition image and continued fossil expansion.
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Mantzoukas was willing to look like a maniac and a moron in equal measure.
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.
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Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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In her final opinion as a Supreme Court justice in 2005, Sandra Day O’Connor – a judicial conservative – reflected on the importance of church-state separation to guarantee full religious freedom.
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My dad has always said the lottery is a tax on the stupid.
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Problem is, even people who know baseball don’t know baseball, which makes betting on baseball stupid.
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And a quieter sky genuinely matters to veterans with PTSD, to parents of sensory-sensitive kids, and to every dog that spends the Fourth wedged under a bed.
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Condrey is a writer, veteran and formerly homeless resident of San Diego.
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The losers are the automakers still leaving accessories to the dealer, where the margin quietly bleeds away.
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That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
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There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne.
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For the benefit of us old fogies?
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My high-octane mutt was leaping around the patio table and barking excitedly while my neighbors huddled together over their steaks.
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The cannister featured an image of an angry mutt with saliva dripping from its jaws.
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“Dodo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodo. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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