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tad

[tad] / tæd /


NOUN
milquetoast
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This year, though, could be a tad less clear cut .

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The dollar index DXY is a tad lower, as oil futures CL.1 give back early gains and gold futures GC00 trade around $4,020 an ounce.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

Is Kimi Antonelli being overhyped due to results that largely he's been a tad fortunate with?

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Its target rises a tad to A$13.55 from A$13.50.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Can’t lie, I’m a tad bit annoyed that he mentioned my dad.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

One day Estes, Robert and some other tads were swimming in the nearby Tellico River.

From Time Magazine Archive

That clocking would have rated Weissmuller nothing but a spectator's seat at last week's National A.A.U. championships in Lincoln, Neb., where tads the size of his beloved Cheetah smashed five world and eleven meet records.

From Time Magazine Archive

For my tads, the educational materials include a 2-ft. sign joyously inscribed MOMMY.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every one of you little tads," he went on coolly, waving his hand at the gathered group, "is a skate who teases this little girl.

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox

Sometimes the little tads would run from me, screaming as though they had met a lion or some other wild beast of the forest.

From The Conquest The Story of a Negro Pioneer by Oscar Micheaux


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