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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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
Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The park is also where the largest diamond in the United States wad discovered.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 14 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
But instead of a coffee, a big wad of vouchers occupied her left hand.
—Jack Albright, jsonline.com, 15 Aug. 2025
The park is also where the largest diamond in the United States wad discovered.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 14 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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This dual-purpose design requires exceptional stiffness, vibration control, and precision engineering, allowing heavy highway loads and high-speed rail traffic to share the same structure safely.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Same question, loads of responses.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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But a chunk of the typical campus demographic was missing.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Sep. 2025
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This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
29 Sep. 2025
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Only three shops in Jerusalem carry the generic beige rolls that bundle, hold and seal.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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Paramount Home Entertainment will release all 10 seasons and a complete series bundle in 4K UHD on digital for the first time on October 20.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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The 28-year-old performed admirably to round out Los Angeles' lineup and Roberts noticed.—
Shaun McAvoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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But those Prince-like snares are rounded out with a full string orchestra of Swedish musicians.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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Amazon has a ton of fashion-forward options that are lightweight and easy to pack thanks to their slim profile.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, these Margaux ballet flats, though beautiful, are quite expensive and lack tons of support.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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In execution, though, those sound principles produced a self-effacing Cartesian colossus — a massive hunk of boring.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
22 Sep. 2025
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Alongside a generous portion of green beans and a protein of your choosing (chicken, pork, shrimp, beef, tofu or none), the crown jewel of the stew is the hearty hunks of Japanese kabocha squash, aka the Japanese pumpkin.—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
19 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, though, their fortunes changed.—
Miriam Pensack,
The Dial,
30 Sep. 2025
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Unless good fortune comes its way, preseason games might be as close as Quebec City gets to NHL games.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As the cases rolled through the legal system, accumulating interest and court fees, the amount that patients owed often grew by 25%.—
Rae Ellen Bichell,
Fortune,
29 Sep. 2025
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But thank god for intimacy coordinators, the best thing to happen to a movie production since rolling lunch breaks.—
Will Bridges,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Wad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wad. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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