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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
And all because of stories this very best lad had written!
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
However, adopted son Carter (Finn Little) is a strapping lad now and even has a girlfriend.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Dent wasn’t even 5 years old at the time, just a young lad in Australia.
—Ron Kroichick, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The year was 1994, and a handful of Irish lads were gathered at a hotel in Northern Ireland to celebrate Colin Cather’s pending nuptials.
—Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
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Daniel D'addario, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
However, adopted son Carter (Finn Little) is a strapping lad now and even has a girlfriend.
—Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Dent wasn’t even 5 years old at the time, just a young lad in Australia.
—Ron Kroichick, Houston Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026
The year was 1994, and a handful of Irish lads were gathered at a hotel in Northern Ireland to celebrate Colin Cather’s pending nuptials.
—Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lad
Noun
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And now the dream is finally here, and everyone is ready to take it, including me and all the other boys.—
Loureen Ayyoub,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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There was a picture of a little redheaded boy wearing a blue T-shirt; further down, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles backpack.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
Noun
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When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
17 June 2026
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What would a deal look like that would get some of these guys to Cleveland?—
Jim Bowden,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
Noun
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Take a bunch of kids who’ve never been out of East Tennessee.—
Holly Gleason,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Your support will help ease the financial burden and give Pam and her kids a sense of hope and security.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Well, first of all, the idea that these three gentlemen that have very little background in terms of negotiations or the technical nature of nuclear negotiations going against a hardened Iranian team that's been doing this for decades.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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And there was one other gentleman, this was so cute.—
Torie Bosch,
STAT,
13 June 2026
Noun
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For a lonely teenager in a rural town, a young person exploring their identity, a migrant child keeping culture and family within reach or a neurodivergent child who finds the school corridor or the playground.—
Belonging Forum,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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On June 12, the stylish teenager joined her family in attending her father David Beckham's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.—
Staff Author,
InStyle,
12 June 2026
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That is why sterile male releases interest some researchers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 June 2026
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According to a San Francisco Police Department media release, on May 28, a male met up with a potential buyer to sell his Pokémon trading cards.—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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The Doctor will be sillier or more serious, calmer or crazier, more physical or more cerebral, and never again necessarily a white dude.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
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Netflix also will not share Hauser’s character, so in all likelihood the dude is voicing the dog.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
10 June 2026
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The murder case is still pending against Christopher Kegan Williams, a Sacramento County man who is accused of providing fentanyl that led to the September 2020 death of 20-year-old Spencer Newsom in Roseville.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
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This game's star man is no doubt Mohammed Al-Owais, who produced the best goalkeeping performance of this World Cup thus far.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
16 June 2026
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lad. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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