there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist
grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad
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The engines were carryovers, although power was up a tad, with the smaller car’s twin-turbo V6 now making 472 hp and the bigger machine’s 6.2-liter supercharged V8 packing 668 hp.—Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 15 July 2025 Whatever the film is trying to say about familial relationships and how divorce affects children ends being a tad misogynist.—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 14 July 2025 Deaths were a tad higher a decade later, but close to flat—amazing considering the drop in enforcement.—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 13 July 2025 All other technical credits are solid, though the Southern California locations look a tad familiar.—Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tad
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Etymology
probably from English dialect, toad, from Middle English tode — more at toad
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