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tad

[tad] / tæd /


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

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

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

From MarketWatch May 18, 2026

He has the confidence to only dress up his new dystopia a tad, letting the scale of the oppression creep up on you when, say, an açaí bowl salesman casually asks Tereza for her papers.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 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

“Is it a tad on the sweet side?”

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

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

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

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

He ran away when we were both little tads and I haven't seen him since.

From The Spoilers by Rex Ellingwood Beach




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