tads

plural of tad

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Noun
  • Offenders will sometimes exploit young women first before targeting boys like Bohn.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Parents tend to perceive less need to safeguard boys, encouraging more adventurous risky behaviors, according to a 2024 cross-sectional study published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While both of her kids have largely stayed out of the spotlight, only making rare appearances to support their mom during milestone career moments, her daughter, Dexter, has praised her on Instagram over the years.
    Emily Strohm, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • With those kids now grown and married, this grandfather feels that the focus on being a mensch, rather than being rich, paid off.
    Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Girls who play sports are more likely to attend college, less likely to become pregnant as teenagers, and more likely to land good jobs after graduation.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 14 Oct. 2025
  • In his new book, Federline wrote that the boys once came to him with concerning allegations regarding their pop star mom, and did not want to spend time at her house as teenagers.
    Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Three of City’s greatest-ever players in Mike Summerbee, Neil Young and Francis Lee were born in or close to Manchester and seven City players in a 1985 derby were local lads.
    Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • 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.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Tads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tads. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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