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slender

[slen-der] / ˈslɛn dər /


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

From Science Daily Aug. 10, 2026

Scattered across the living room floor, under a sparkling crystal chandelier, were dozens of photos of the same slender man in different settings - sitting at his desk, even playing in the snow.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

The 31-year-old looked to have found the strength which helped him win the Vuelta a Espana in 2023 and seemed set to hold on to a slender lead for victory.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

NBA boss Adam Silver is stamping a slender foot like Bugs Bunny.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

With their long horns and slender bodies, cows in this part of the world look very different from the dairy cows many people in North America and Europe are used to seeing.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

"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

In the midst of them, thin-stalked, a taller, slenderer fungus, the Charing-T Tower lifted towards the sky a disk of shining concrete.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Both sides had sealed a bonus point with four tries apiece at the end of a breathless first half, with the visitors taking the slenderest of two-point leads into the break.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2025

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

If you didn’t recall that phrase from the 288-line Tennyson poem A Dream of Fair Women, you had only the slenderest hope of responding correctly with Cleopatra and Caesar.

From The Guardian Jan. 28, 2020

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

He made his wild way to the very top, to the slenderest branch that would support his weight.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig




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