thickness

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Just 30 days later, the animals showed measurable improvements in learning, memory, balance, skin thickness, and bone density.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Weatherhead says the thickness of the skin affects how well red light can penetrate.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

They maintained that frequently used regions of the brain received increased blood flow and that the skull’s shape and thickness were affected as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The base was rich, but it lacked the kind of body that makes a chowder feel finished: the subtle thickness, the quiet cohesion.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

Max was so disoriented and his heart was beating so loudly—and maybe there was something odd and distorting about the thickness of the walls of this closet.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix