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Recent Examples of cad He’s had a decent run in recent years playing a little slimy, stealing scenes as a cad in Fleishman Is in Trouble and drawing out pathos as a doubting son of a murderous family in the 2019 horror-comedy Ready or Not. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024 In part owing to this wild abundance, Bougainville and its neighboring isles have enticed a succession of fair-skinned cads, colonizers, and crazies. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 Then in the second episode, having behaved like a cad to Isabella for 20-ish minutes, Bobbie goes off on a rant. Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024 His spiritual journey from being kind of a feral cat/cad to being someone who literally saved hundreds of people’s lives was just very impressive. Steve Appleford, SPIN, 28 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for cad
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cad
Noun
  • On that note…being concise doesn’t mean being a total jerk either.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Rockwell's Officer Dixon, a mama’s boy with a screw loose and a history of torturing Black prisoners, is a target of her ire − that is, until the actor carefully adds layers to what could be a one-note jerk. 14.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.
    Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.
    cleveland, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023
Noun
  • In Eli Craig’s (Tucker & Dale vs Evil) newest outing, the real fun starts when Frendo the clown comes out to play.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 6 Mar. 2025
  • So the clown came out of him to be accepted, to be loved.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Even the jokers, which do each have their own special ability, are quick to pick up — with their wildcard capabilities made easy to understand as they’re applied mid-round.
    Scott Robertson, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This lucky gambler had an 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king and a joker.
    Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After a roll call where each reveals their imminent reprisal of fan-favorite Dimension 20 characters — including a Staten Island divorcee, a wisecracking pizza rat, and a drug dealer still coping from a breakup — the game begins.
    Eric Francisco, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Grissom was a baseball rat, young and versatile, sure of himself on the field and a menace in the box.
    Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Cornell University’s Department of Public & Ecosystem Health expert Jenny Bloodgood told NBC News that she’s seen a fox, a skunk, a possum and a bobcat test positive for the virus in New York State, indicating the bug could be mutating.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
  • Medium-sized animals like skunks, bobcats and foxes also did not vanish.
    Anton Sorokin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Cad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cad. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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