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noun

Definition of wadsnext
plural of wad
1
as in loads
a considerable amount a starlet who usually gets a big wad of publicity for her nonstop antics

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2
as in chunks
a small uneven mass a wad of gum stuck to the desk

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wads

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verb

present tense third-person singular of wad
as in rounds
to form into a round compact mass she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket took the paper off the straw and wadded it up

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  1. chunks
  2. piles
  3. quantities
  4. hundreds
  5. deals
Noun
  • Large chunks of the pier were left floating in the water.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • For those of us on the outside, splitting the campaign into smaller chunks can offer us a bit more insight than simply looking at the league table, especially as the campaign progresses.
    Duncan Alexander, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of chunks
Noun
  • In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.
    Rachel McRady, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.
    Margaux Laskey, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of piles
Noun
  • With catering, families can avoid the expense of purchasing and preparing large quantities of food, which can often go to waste.
    Ronny Maye, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But the mountains can’t make snow if temperatures aren’t cold enough, and natural snow has only been falling in large quantities later in the season in recent years at many resorts, according Andria Huskinson, communication and public relations manager at Solitude.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • But that expansion did not go quite as planned, as hundreds of drivers received erroneous tickets.
    Joel Rose, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • In California alone, hundreds of cattle herds and poultry flocks have tested positive.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Should the Pistons do anything at the trade deadline except pick up a few assets by facilitating three-way deals?
    Hunter Patterson, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Walmart is out to wow you with today's tech deals.
    Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of deals
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