scads
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of scads
C19: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Generally, scads of slack signal weakness and tend to place a lid on companies’ ability to raise prices.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
But while FinTok and MoneyTok content has exploded in recent years, there are scads of videos giving inaccurate or misleading financial advice.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024
Or they could simply abide by the legislation and sell this popular asset for scads and scads of cash.
From Slate • Apr. 25, 2024
You wouldn’t say that about his classic, “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls,” which chronicled the film-studio revolution with scads of scandalous detail.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Regardless of whether the engineers conducted a test in a wind tunnel or in free flight, the output was the same: torrents, scads, bundles, reams, masses, mounds, jumbles, piles, and goo-gobs of numbers.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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