1
as in bit
a very small amount
there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist
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as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad
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Recent Examples of tad
The wild story has already inspired a 2010 book by Ben Macintyre and a 2022 Netflix film — but this take is a tad different.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
McPherson takes liberties, setting the play in 1900 central Ukraine and, perhaps more consequently, elucidating the psychology where Chekhov was a tad more ambiguous.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Gaga revisits The Fame’s hedonism with a tad more sophistication and, via Zedd, upgraded production.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The injury bug has not made its way to the WTA Tour, which has seen only 23 retirements or walkovers through the 2025 Indian Wells Open, just a tad higher than the 20.6 average from the past decade.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2025
McPherson takes liberties, setting the play in 1900 central Ukraine and, perhaps more consequently, elucidating the psychology where Chekhov was a tad more ambiguous.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Gaga revisits The Fame’s hedonism with a tad more sophistication and, via Zedd, upgraded production.
—Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
The injury bug has not made its way to the WTA Tour, which has seen only 23 retirements or walkovers through the 2025 Indian Wells Open, just a tad higher than the 20.6 average from the past decade.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tad
Noun
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Elaborately decorated horse harnesses, ceremonial spears, ornate cauldrons, bridle bits and hundreds of other 2,000-year-old artifacts have been unearthed in England.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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She's got a squeaky clean image and is a little bit naive.—
Patrick Gomez,
EW.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Never mind that precious little of California’s water supply originates in a southern Oregon watershed.—
Tom Philp,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Parents of littles, there's an important recall to tell you about that might affect your child's car seat.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The number of kids experiencing high rates of clinical anxiety nearly doubled during the pandemic.—
Elizabeth Austin,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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Pee-Wee falls off his bicycle and crashes in front of a group of watching kids.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2025
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These tiny cakes are the perfect springtime treat full of tangy lemon flavor paired with a creamy citrus cream cheese frosting that cuts the tartness just enough, garnished with a sprinkling of bright lemon zest.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Follow Sowing Instructions To plant onion seeds, evenly scatter the seeds across the surface of pre-moistened seed-starting mix and then cover the seeds with a light sprinkling of the seed-starting mix.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2025
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Demonstrating the rising talent of these teenagers, these shorts encompass thought-provoking scripts, breathtaking and delightful cinematography, rich stop-motion animation, and genre-pushing meditations.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
26 Mar. 2025
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The teenager’s body has been released by the forensic medical teams in Costa Rica and the US Embassy in that country is handling the process of bringing Miller’s remains back to the US, according to Juan Pablo Alvarado, an official in OIJ’s press office.—
Ana Melgar Zuniga and Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Dallas didn’t make a huge splash with any of their offseason additions but re-signed and restructured the contracts of several key players.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Mar. 2025
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What this means: The Bears didn’t wait long to make a big splash in the free-agency waters, zeroing in on the top available center and reaching a deal in the first half-hour of the NFL’s negotiating window.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Most fatefully, one night when Alden was a lad, his mom drove him home while drunk.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
24 Mar. 2025
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While Best was too cool, and Charlton too straight, Law was the cheeky and abrasive lad, forever grateful to be on the pitch and giving everything.—
Sam Pilger,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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There is one thing to note, however, that could be a glimmer of hope.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Any hope of the U.S. team making the final in San Francisco after glimmers of a good performance — like being in third place during the final race — evaporated as the crew struggled to maintain stable flight on its frisky F50 boat.—
Andrew Rice,
The Athletic,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Tad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tad. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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