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Definitions

pad

[pad] / pæd /


VERB
protect with cushioning
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
simplify uncomplicate




Example Sentences

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Those things could help pad the company’s future revenue, but also put its healthy balance sheet at considerable risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"Some people say a pad only costs X amount and is really cheap, but we know that those are not sufficient for everybody's needs," she said.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

Over time, a model for publishing online journalism emerged, one very different from the version I had tried to map out on that legal pad in 1995.

From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2026

Anchored, via just eight bolts, to a concrete pad a floor below the ground, it’s a mesmerizing monument that feels as if it’s emerging from the earth to burst into space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

In reality it lifted just three feet off the launch pad before it burst into flames.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Later, I padded barefoot into the yard to snip rosemary for the stuffing.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

“Tragically, a southern pacific rattlesnake was hiding under the brown padded envelope and bit Addy’s left hand,” the family wrote on the fundraising page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Fraudsters can be in search of higher pay from padded credentials or may have more sophisticated schemes in mind, like gaining access to company data.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

It escaped for good when the Red Devils, who had started their three biggest stars on the bench, padded their lead in the 57th minute.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

I stood up and padded over to the wooden wardrobe that held our clothes, but my mind was in a bit of shock.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Donning extra padding to protect his ribs, Watson re-entered the game with 4:01 remaining in the third quarter and was targeted on the first play.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The padding provides short-term protection against broken bones, but at terrible long-term cost.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Stranger Beauty” seems less a light in the cosmos than a model for padding out the page count.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

And when one of us finally came padding down the wooden stairs, sleepy and rumpled and operating on a schedule she would never have personally endorsed, there was no reproach.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

The innkeeper leads the children to a back room, Gwenforte padding along beside them.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz


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