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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dummy.

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Examples

  • Grenada captain Anthony Modeste 'dummied' a ball in his own penalty area allowing James Marcelin to walk in alone and easily slot home the match clincher.

    Soccer Blogs - latest posts 2009

  • "Thus, the whole magazine is 'dummied' with pages of cut-up galley proofs and picture proofs, until it looks more like a child's scrap book than a magazine model.

    The Blue Birds' Winter Nest Lillian Elizabeth Roy 1900

  • Mr. Seabrook has pleaded not guilty to charges that he dummied receipts to raid the nonprofits—funded in part with taxpayer money—and used his position to funnel thousands of dollars to family and friends.

    Seabrook, 'Cash' Are Focus Scott Shifrel 2011

  • So what's happened, unfortunately, in many, many states around the country, due to political pressure, not due to what's right for children, not due to what's right for education, not due to what's right for our country's economy, but due to political pressure, many states have dummied-down standards.

    Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan 2010

  • And in fact, those standards have been dummied-down so much that students who are, you know, on track are often barely able to graduate from high school and are totally, woefully inadequately prepared for college.

    Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan 2010

  • Perpetrators in the past used dummied-up W-2s for homeless people, and one scheme even involved prisoners filing from jail.

    The Case For Becoming Your Mom's Banker Edited by Nikki Waller 2010

  • Perpetrators in the past used dummied-up W-2s for homeless people, and one scheme even involved prisoners filing from jail.

    The Case For Becoming Your Mom's Banker Edited by Nikki Waller 2010

  • Even though they were simple efforts, dummied up in a limited amount of time, they're engaging — you actually want to interact with them.

    Advertisements on the iPad? Bring 'Em On. Nick Summers 2010

  • And in fact, those standards have been dummied-down so much that students who are, you know, on track are often barely able to graduate from high school and are totally, woefully inadequately prepared for college.

    Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan 2010

  • So what's happened, unfortunately, in many, many states around the country, due to political pressure, not due to what's right for children, not due to what's right for education, not due to what's right for our country's economy, but due to political pressure, many states have dummied-down standards.

    Students Quiz Education Sec. Arne Duncan 2010

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