thinner
Example Sentences
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Persistent weakness in the currency can negatively impact everything, feeding into higher prices for consumers, lower corporate margins, bigger government deficits and thinner capital flows into the stock market.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
"For one reason or another, we don't see evidence of grounded ridges where they had been forming, and that's the outcome you would expect if the ice is getting thinner."
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
The researchers also incorporated even thinner pyroelectric layers supplied by collaborators and improved the electronic circuitry used to capture and transmit the signals.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
“More people are struggling to pay for care and basic needs than ever before and the safety net’s being stretched thinner and thinner,” Balch said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
The crowd is thinner than it will be closer to sunset.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
