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as in bed
a place set aside for sleeping
I went back to my pad to get some rest
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as in roof
the place where one lives
welcome to my pad
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as in to exaggerate
to add to the interest of by including made-up details
the journalist was fired for padding certain stories to make them more interesting
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as in to walk
to go on foot
a cat padded silently by
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Recent Examples of pad
Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
For their first record together in 13 years, Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock laid down six simmering tracks that layer decaying distortion, sticky drum pads, sonic boom bass, and vocal melodies pinched and pulled into taffy-soft tendrils.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Mike Jones, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
The Raiders took advantage of good field position and padded their lead on the next two possessions.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Planned to be the first of three crewed missions to the moon, Artemis 2 will test Orion’s life support systems with four astronauts aboard.
After launching from pad 39B at KSC, Orion will orbit Earth twice before moving into a highly elliptical orbit.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
For their first record together in 13 years, Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock laid down six simmering tracks that layer decaying distortion, sticky drum pads, sonic boom bass, and vocal melodies pinched and pulled into taffy-soft tendrils.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Verb
Sunday’s game between Arizona and Seattle could allow the Cardinals to pad their lead in the NFC West, or enable the Seahawks to move up in the standings.
—Mike Jones, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
The Raiders took advantage of good field position and padded their lead on the next two possessions.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024
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The company's bread and butter was school supplies — folders, Trapper Keepers, notebooks — all boasting Frank's signature aesthetic of cute animals and neon colors.Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Separate notes in a spiral notebook allegedly found on Mangione included to-do lists to facilitate a killing and references to the Unabomber, a law enforcement source briefed on the matter told CNN.Dalia Faheid, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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Jordan and her siblings were routinely physically, verbally and mentally abused by their parents, who reportedly chained their children to their beds and deprived them of food and the ability to exercise.Nicholas Rice, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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The City of Detroit opened warming centers last month with 100 extra emergency shelter beds, providing sleeping accommodations, two meals and showers.Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 7 Dec. 2024
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Israel evacuated northern communities to create a security buffer instead of invading Lebanon to directly counter Hezbollah’s missile attacks, effectively allowing Hezbollah to continue its strikes.Amos Yadlin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, married couples filing together got a $30,000 buffer.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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The mansion with its stone façade and slate roof houses some 50 rooms that spread across 13,000 square feet of living space and five levels.Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The painstaking restoration of Notre Dame involved the labor of hundreds of specialized artisans who refashioned everything from the lead sheets used to form the nave’s peaked roof to vital portions of stone masonry, CBS reported.Martin Lerma, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
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Discovered in 1913 during railroad excavations along Israel's southern coast, the tablet initially went unrecognized as a historically significant artifact.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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And here’s the kicker: unlike most tablets, this one lasts for months of reading and weeks of writing on a single charge.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 6 Dec. 2024
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There are comfortable couches, tables, and plenty of space for a mosh pit under the stage.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Mulaney did a classic couch set on The Tonight Show (perhaps the most classic venue for a couch set) with new jokes about his son, his son’s emerging rockabilly tendencies, and his son’s hatred for Steely Dan.Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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On other furniture, such as couches or chairs, be sure to check the cushion seams.Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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The stylish egg chair has supportive cushions to recline in and a padded ottoman to put your feet up on.Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
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In 2019, Oren and Tal sold a $238 million Manhattan condo that is to this day the most expensive private residence ever sold in the U.S., according to Forbes.Sam Woodward, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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He is accused of fatally stabbing University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin in an off-campus residence in Moscow in 2022.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Pad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pad. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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