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padding

[pad-ing] / ˈpæd ɪŋ /
NOUN
stuffing
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Parents like Miller, Padding and the Elskamps are juggling their advocacy with their jobs and caring for their children.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Padding a closet with blankets and pillows, Andrews’ grandson Sam jerry-rigged a recording space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2022

Padding would also limit a slingshot’s impact, so football games would likely carry on unperturbed.

From Slate • May 29, 2018

Padding helps weaken the force of head collisions the same way airbags do: by slowing acceleration.

From The Verge • Feb. 5, 2016

Padding silently over the cold ground from the north, separately, singly, came a number of armored bears—a large number, and among them was their king.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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