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fad

[fad] / fæd /


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When the marketing of a complex, illiquid financial product reaches the unsolicited-mail-to-retired-dentists stage, you’re looking at a market that has become a fad.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

There were the fad diets of the 2000s: no sugar, low-carb.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

My favorite recent social media fad is tweens and young teens designing their own countries, complete with flags, customs and governing aesthetics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

In the wake of an anticipated fiber craze that is expected to trump last year’s protein-maxxing dietary fad, chia seeds have become all the rage.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

He was the first kid in the class to be onto a new fad or get a new gadget.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge




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