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tad

[tad] / tæd /


NOUN
milquetoast
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The dollar index DXY is a tad higher, while gold futures GC00 are trading around $4.670 an ounce.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Can’t wait to see what Smith wears on the big day — hopefully it will be a tad less weighty.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The crash in the race wasn't his fault but perhaps he could have judged his overspeed a tad better - easy for me to say.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Headline CPI rose 2.4% last month from a year earlier, matching January’s annual pace and coming in a tad lower than economists’ forecasts.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

All this would be fine—an embarrassment of riches, to be sure; a tad too many treasures to be bestowed on a single human, certainly—if he were nice.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon




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