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Example Sentences

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Americans have spent a tad less on electricity as a percentage of all their spending in recent years.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 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

Elsewhere, the headline numbers were a tad disappointing with small misses in its P&C and L&H businesses and net income that was 1% worse than expected, they add.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The reason she had become a tad moody, she said later that day, was that she hadn’t been getting enough exercise.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls