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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3
as in bundle
a very large amount of money
amassed—and lost—a wad playing the stock market
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as in to round
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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Recent Examples of wad
Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But instead of a coffee, a big wad of vouchers occupied her left hand.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Flaherty’s subjects allege that these facilities release addicts into the streets after weeks of nonexistent treatments and hand them wads of cash as a participation fee, knowing full well where that money is likely to be spent.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The New York Times reports that more associates of Mayor Eric Adams are likely to face corruption charges — and that was before an explosive report in The CITY that an Adams campaign advisor tried to give a reporter a wad of cash stuffed inside a bag of potato chips.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2025
But instead of a coffee, a big wad of vouchers occupied her left hand.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
One game after being wadded up and tossed aside like a hot dog wrapper by a Timberwolves team that was just hungrier, the Lakers pushed and shoved and fought their way into personifying a must-win.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Flaherty’s subjects allege that these facilities release addicts into the streets after weeks of nonexistent treatments and hand them wads of cash as a participation fee, knowing full well where that money is likely to be spent.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wad
Noun
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All loads easier than wrangling an ungainly bird half the table doesn’t really much care for anyway (what?—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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The value of walnuts spiked last year after cratering in the years prior, but relatively small loads of walnuts still sell for modest prices.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The neck of his daughter's guitar pokes out above chunks of concrete.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Those two buyers went on to sell chunks of their stakes to Libero Football Finance, a German company, and NIPA Capital, based in the Netherlands.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Brush mixture over green bean bundles; sprinkle with salt.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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Four North Carolina application bundles awaiting approval by Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem don’t have that complication, Graney said.—
Amber Gaudet
Updated October 31,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Too many other pets in the household or allergies rounded out the top five reasons for owner surrender.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
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Historic hotel Raffles Singapore, the birthplace of the Singapore Sling cocktail, rounded out the top five.—
Tamara Hardingham-Gill,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The leadership council met on Monday, too — and such a meeting featured a ton of humility.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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Charmking Compression Socks These socks are available in more than three dozen color combinations with tons of patterns to choose from.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Netflix’s homepage and social-media accounts tease a series full of shirtless hunks, and the characters often shower together, showing off their butts.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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And Prince William would have been forgiven for blushing when Kate pointedly replied that the poster had in fact shown the TV hunk from a famous Levi advert.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Stefanie Keenan—Getty Images Heiress to the Walmart fortune, Walton has donated $200,000 to Fix the City in two donations, half in April during the primary and half in August.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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If the fashion world has long chased novelty, Magnolia Pearl has found its fortune in nostalgia for the real.—
Maria Williams,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Palantir said last week that home improvement retailer Lowe’s was already incorporating this into its tech stack, but the software company declined on Monday to share other companies that had rolled that out.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2025
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Assuming some children wimped out after the first drink, this statistic suggests that large numbers of Jacksonian-era adults were rolling eight belts deep seven days a week, with all the attendant implications for social and political life.—
Dan Brooks,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Wad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wad. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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