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slender

[slen-der] / ˈslɛn dər /


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These slender, long-winged raptors make an epic annual migration to Africa in winter and return to Europe to nest over summer, often setting up home in agricultural fields.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

A delicious, slender bean-and-cheese burrito with no sauce at the venerable Al & Bea’s in Boyle Heights is going for six bucks and change right now when it was about $2 cheaper two years ago.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Silescelida acristata was a relatively small, slender animal that moved on all four limbs.

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

The long, slender fibers from the plant could be used to make products that are both stronger and softer than wood-based equivalents.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The branch was too slender, and he didn’t have the sense to pull them in with the string.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

"It is more likely than not that megalodon must have had a much slenderer body than the modern great white shark."

From Salon Mar. 10, 2025

And it consisted of a series of stacked volumes that grew slenderer and more circular as the tower rose.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2020

“In the Realm of Perfection” is slenderer, knottier, more self-consciously besotted than that.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2018

Its signs also use a sans-serif font, although one that's slenderer and more delicate than Helvetica.

From Slate Dec. 16, 2017

I add thirteen tiny freckles to a new, slenderer nose.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

As it is, they remain outside the bottom three only by the slenderest of goal difference advantages over Everton, although Moyes still feels his job is secure.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2023

A celebrated beauty, she wears tight corsets and glorious frocks, adhering to a regimen of regular exercise and a diet that often consists of little more than beef broth and the slenderest of orange slices.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2022

In her review of the 1978 production, Times theater critic Sylvie Drake identifies “Fam and Yam” as the weak link in “Albee Directs Albee,” calling the playlet “the slenderest of self-jibes” and a “threadbare spoof.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 7, 2022

But what “Sollers Point” accomplishes is a singular balancing act, compensating for the mood of heavy discouragement with only the slenderest thread of hope.

From Washington Post May 21, 2018

Gale always says I remind him of a squirrel the way I can scurry up even the slenderest limb.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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