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as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood
fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad
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Recent Examples of lad
At their gigs in London’s massive Wembley Stadium and in Manchester’s Heaton Park, lads cried and moshed and showered each other in beer and cider and more questionable liquids.
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Poor lad got no sleep and probably came home with PTSD.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Not bad for a lad from Plaistow who just wanted to be Gary Cooper.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Boyfriend Jersey, Derby Shorts and Porter LS Top are nods to ’90s lad style, while the Dean Cardigan and Trinity Kilt lend a preppy contrast.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 11 Aug. 2025
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
Poor lad got no sleep and probably came home with PTSD.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
Not bad for a lad from Plaistow who just wanted to be Gary Cooper.
—Daniel Ross Goodman, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025
The Boyfriend Jersey, Derby Shorts and Porter LS Top are nods to ’90s lad style, while the Dean Cardigan and Trinity Kilt lend a preppy contrast.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 11 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lad
Noun
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No army in history seemed ever to have been more ragged and motley and mongrel and polyglot than the Continental, rich and poor, learned and illiterate, from boys to old men, skilled and unskilled, born all over the world, speaking dozens of languages, believing in different gods and in no god.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Gordon's wife Tana Ramsay also shared a post in honor of Jesse's big day, including more photos of the birthday boy.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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You guys have pretty well done that on your own with a 50 percent divorce rate.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Gerard Damiano was a smart guy, a hairdresser from the Bronx who directed Deep Throat and the follow-up, Devil in Miss Jones, which were killing it at the box office, high up on Variety’s Top 50 list of the highestgrossing films.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The driveway was already full of other cars arriving and various parents and kids taking photos like crazy and squealing.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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They were married in 1968, with Miguel Bezos adopting her young son, and had two more kids, Christina and Mark.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Gerry was an older gentleman with a quiet, unassuming demeanor.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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These gentlemen were told not to use their Native language.—
Tim Trudell,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The teenager, who had run away from home and become involved with Chan’s group, described to police a flat where methamphetamine use was constant and violence frequent.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
10 Nov. 2025
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I'mPhaedra Trethan, back after a couple of college visits with my teenager, and contemplating this story over my coffee.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Upon arrival, officers found two deceased males inside the business.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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McManus did not identify the victims killed, but said two were males and one was female.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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He was stuck between Kim Novak and a wall on one side and a four-hundred-pound dude on the other.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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But for a glorious period, all that mattered were the dudes being dudes.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is pressing charges against a man who was caught on camera touching and attempting to kiss her during a public appearance on Tuesday.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Little Rock man who, police say, crashed while fleeing from an Arkansas State Police trooper last week now faces first-degree murder counts in the death of two teenage passengers, authorities said Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lad. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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