padding
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To her, lily padding is the future of work, not just a trend, as people who follow the tactic try to reach more senior roles and higher pay.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In terms of narrative, however, there is not enough to sustain a full season without some serious padding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
There was Molly Hollis, a middle-aged, Midwestern former schoolteacher whose creation required body padding and a wig; a flamboyant redhead; a nearly invisible elderly woman; and, most uncannily, Reichl’s own mother.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Firms including Bud Light beer and the Polymarket prediction market have their names emblazoned on the padding of the ring for the $60-million-dollar tournament.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
In addition, they were used for applying paints and glazes, as portable drinking “cups,” and as padding for helmets.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
The freshly dead were still encased in woolen paddings or blue uniforms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The deep border of fur round the velvet, the warm waddings and paddings, the close fit up to the throat, were excellencies which warranted Janey's tour of inspection.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
They swallowed their liqueurs, and the ashes of their cigars fell on the paddings of the furniture.
From Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life by Gustave Flaubert
And billah, she has stuffings and paddings, too.
From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani
Certain types are specially treated, dyed black, tan or other colour, or left in their natural colour, stiffened and used for paddings and linings for cheap clothing, boots, shoes, bags and other articles.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
