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paddings

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1 soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something
  • the padding is leaking out of that pillow

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2 the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts
  • that feature writer is sometimes guilty of padding, since his stories often contain colorful details that can't be verified

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“Paddings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paddings. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.

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