thinner
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If Step 3’s pretextual jury-striking analysis can be skipped in practice and insulated on review, Batson’s promise becomes thinner still.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
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
This strong slowing effect allows the structure to shrink dramatically while still trapping light efficiently, resulting in a layer more than a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
The team created the nanoscrolls by rolling flat MXene flakes into tiny tubular structures that are about ten thousand times thinner than a water pipe.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
My aunt, who looks a lot like my mom only thinner, gave me a hug.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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