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there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist
grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad
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My bus to Atlantic City, Greyhound’s Lucky Streak — the $20 one-way to any casino with a $20 slot credit, the every-day deal now in its twenty-fifth year—is running a few tads late.
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Those numbers might have been a tad uncomfortable to handle, and the markets didn’t want to take inflation hot to go.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Perhaps a tad too neatly, the Dahl siblings are accompanied by outliers to serve as witnesses, resisters and accelerants.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The green looks a tad darker than Garner’s sweater and the fit is slightly roomier.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Those numbers might have been a tad uncomfortable to handle, and the markets didn’t want to take inflation hot to go.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
Perhaps a tad too neatly, the Dahl siblings are accompanied by outliers to serve as witnesses, resisters and accelerants.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
The green looks a tad darker than Garner’s sweater and the fit is slightly roomier.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Tad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tad. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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