Meaning of Brad | Babel Free

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1. A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
2. A binary radian.
3. A diminutive of the male given names Bradley, Bradly, or Bradford, also used as a formal given name.
4. A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
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5. A city in Hunedoara County, Romania.

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“Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form⟳ a lion, a bear⟳, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.”

“[…] Brad Schimel wants to make⟳ sure women don’t have⟳ the right to make⟳ their own⟳ health care decisions. If he wins, that right is gone,” Crawford says in the ad.”

“As journalist Brad Polumbo pointed out, Kirk previously wrote on X: "Hate⟳ speech does not exist⟳ legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep⟳ America free."”

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