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as in boy
a male person who has not yet reached adulthood fond of telling tall tales of the days when he was just a lad
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Recent Examples of lad The year was 1994, and a handful of Irish lads were gathered at a hotel in Northern Ireland to celebrate Colin Cather’s pending nuptials. —
Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026 Hurzeler had better hope his lads don’t fall behind. —Oliver Kay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 In fact, McCormack is working on his memoir, a story that begins with his days as a young lad tending sheep, pigs, horses, chickens and the occasional beef cow on his family’s farm. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 McMurtry Automotive Ten years since the company formed, the mad lads at McMurtry Automotive are bringing the record-setting Spéirling Pure hypercar to life. —New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lad
Abby Ellin, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2026 Hurzeler had better hope his lads don’t fall behind. —Oliver Kay, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026 In fact, McCormack is working on his memoir, a story that begins with his days as a young lad tending sheep, pigs, horses, chickens and the occasional beef cow on his family’s farm. —Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 McMurtry Automotive Ten years since the company formed, the mad lads at McMurtry Automotive are bringing the record-setting Spéirling Pure hypercar to life. —New Atlas, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for lad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lad
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The two boys look at each other and then take three snailish steps toward the open window of the Lincoln, the older with his arm flung horizontal like hazard tape across his brother's chest.— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Naqvi, a poster-boy of late-20th-century globalization, was a notable standard-bearer for this mission.— Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
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Any new head of operations should be able to pick his own coach instead of being forced to live with the owner’s guy.— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home.— Peter White, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
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Jesus never talked about children or the elderly and wisely remained a bachelor with no kids but did date casually and was apparently very good-looking.— John Kenney, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
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But the status quo is upended by the arrival of Kyra Marshall (Anika Noni Rose), a woman with young kids who wants a stop sign for safety reasons.— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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Joshua Jackson has long been one of the cooler gentlemen on television.— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Apr. 2026
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Head coach Jamahl Mosley has made some notable stylistic changes since Orlando’s five-game loss to Boston last spring, but his team still plays with the same physicality that battered the Celtics during that gentlemen’s sweep.— Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
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Some of the investors and CEOs competing for teenagers have good reputations.— Theo Baker, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
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Clark-Flory’s was a memoir, My Mother’s Daughter, about a DNA test connecting her with her sister, who her mom placed for adoption as a teenager at a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
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The victim was an Asian biological male who was found wearing women’s clothing, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in 2024.— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
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The pandas — a male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang — were both born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
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Then, security dude turned on his cell phone’s flashlight and shined it at Jackson’s camera.— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
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What if the dude wasn't robbing someone but wanted to kill people, wanted to shoot the school up, or something?— Adam Thompson, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
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Two men carried an effigy of Maduro, his eyes blood-red, and his teeth vampiric, wearing a prison jumpsuit with a chain around his neck.— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
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Thomas then claimed police later told her that Kierra may have been dating another man.— Aya Al-Hakim, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Lad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/lad. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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