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tad

[tad] / tæd /


NOUN
milquetoast
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A few of the obstacles layered in — Ed’s struggle to write and some show-night personality conflicts — feel a tad obligatory.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch May 11, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

His muttered "My lord" struck Tyrion as a tad grudging, but he opened the door nonetheless.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Wasn't it a good time, Long Time Ago— When we all were little tads And first played "Show"!—

From The Book of Joyous Children by Will Vawter

You git my idy, do you?—Little tads, you understand— Jest a-wishin' thue and thue you that you on'y wuz a man.—

From Neghborly Poems and Dialect Sketches by James Whitcomb Riley




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