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pad

[pad] / pæd /


VERB
protect with cushioning
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
simplify uncomplicate




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“It’s very me and I really love it,” the author said of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 2,929-square-foot pad, which has been listed by Cody Thompson of Resident Group.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The facility is the first dedicated landing pad at the White House.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The fully assembled vehicle will then be moved to the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

I trained as best I could, walking four or five hours a day on a walking pad in my parents’ basement, wearing a weighted vest—preparing for a 1,000-year-old pilgrimage by cosplaying as a hamster.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Kennedy picked up a pen and pad and wrote: “99.2 degrees temperature. Upper respiratory infection. Doctor says he should return to Washington.”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The real breakthrough here is the padded wrist support in the center console, helping to alleviate touch-screen tendinitis.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

The combined spending in the past two quarters on AI-related equipment even padded GDP more than consumer spending, typically the main conduit by which the economy grows.

From MarketWatch Jun. 27, 2026

She cocked her head, padded cautiously across the patio, and hid beneath a chair.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2026

They owe their movie-theater aroma to their urine, which gets on their padded paws and tail, according to zoo officials.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

A snow leopard padded out of the brush, sleek and covered with speckled smoky-gray fur.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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

There was the helmet with a safe amount of padding and the padding-deprived helmet that may have been obtained with a vanilla sundae at Dairy Queen.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Yesterday, over 18 painstaking hours, teams of French and British conservators and British Museum staff unfurled the 70-metre long artwork from the folding stand where it had been concertinaed, surrounded by protective mattress-type padding.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

To achieve a similar impact, Johnson appears to be wearing a muscular silicone suit over his 6-foot-5 frame, but the extra padding just makes his head look puny.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

They were trotting toward the hall, their mounts’ hooves and feet padding noiselessly on the dry sand at the sea’s edge.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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