trad
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trads
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a person who prefers or closely follows a traditional way of doing something as opposed to an innovative or progressive one; a traditionalist.
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a traditional version of something, used especially of jazz music in the style of the early 20th century.
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A range of acts from folk, trad and jazz to hiphop, soul and experimental sounds were all set to take to the stage.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
It is a classic technique of traditional, or trad, climbing, which is done out in nature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Everyone is Goop now: the trad wife showing off her sourdough starter, the “clean girl” sipping matcha before Pilates, the Gen Z dinner party host perfecting a Pinterest-worthy tablescape.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2025
Nor do I think that the failure of “And Just Like That” has anything to do with the current political climate or the rise of the trad wife or whatever hot takes seem handy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2025
Cool things going on with subverting trad, ideas of femininity etc.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
Like the trads, the timber people have a spiritual argument for their technique.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2023
Young trads may think they are being transgressive, but that does not mean that they genuinely are.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2022
It’s undeniable that many young trads pride themselves on their intellectual independence from their peers, and on the countercultural nature of the worldview they’ve embraced.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2022
Mona Sharma, who calls herself a "rayta", says she and other right-wing women have also been targeted by trads online because they do not conform to their notions of how women should behave.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
He says he now "fights" against trads by reporting their social media handles.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
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