wad
noun
a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco.
wads
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present tense formof wad (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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A video released by the interior ministry showed police removing wads of cash from the ambulance's panels.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
A homeless man reversed the typical pattern by handing out wads of cash to strangers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
Her history of Kleenex tissues is a tour de force: We learn that the Kimberly-Clark Corp., which owns Kleenex, played on the fear that reusable handkerchiefs were essentially wads of tuberculosis germs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
But at the time, the test involved a series of plastic balls, paper wads, and sponges—nothing like real waste.
From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2025
She picked up two shiny wads the size of sandwiches.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
