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Traditionally, researchers have assumed that effective molecular separation requires a membrane covered with an extremely thin, specialized coating.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Discovery, CNN’s and CBS’ teams are facing rounds of buyouts and return-to-office orders to thin their ranks.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

There has been some thin trading in prediction markets tied to data-center moratoriums in certain states.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Each player wears a thin black belt which is cinched tightly around the waist with one flag attach to each hip.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

A thin brass chain dangling from the wire.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

The original Google ethical mission statement, “Don’t be evil,” was dropped, and the parent company, Alphabet, now uses the decidedly thinner “Do the right thing.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Apple used flash to launch the iPod Nano in 2005, a music player thinner than a pencil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Since the wing is thinner, there is less room for actuators, which must therefore be smaller.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

United's defensive resources are stretched thinner as Leny Yoro is ruled out through suspension.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was, at first sight, a horned horse: larger than a cart horse, but thinner, gaunt: its ribs were visible, and its skull was vivid beneath its skin.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

But I also looked in at myself as a mother through the leaded-glass pane of our very lovely living-room windows, and I saw a washed-out woman worn down to the thinnest thread.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

Value is concentrated exactly where capacity is thinnest.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026

A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

The Angels’ minor league system is widely regarded as one of baseball’s thinnest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

As we sip the sweet, tart juice through the thinnest straws ever, our cousin says a prayer aloud.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

Buying equity stakes rather than owning depreciating fleets softens that, but the line between “demand layer” and “co-investor in hardware” thins with each deal.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Because the ice shell on Mimas is not expected to fracture as it thins, it is possible for the moon to have an ocean while still looking inactive at the surface.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026

The eurozone data calendar thins out after the usual end-of-month avalanche.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

As the infrastructure thins out the further you travel, roads are replaced by dirt tracks created by the few vehicles that pass.

From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2025

But that fades from my mind when the crowd before me thins and I see the rest of the room.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth

Prospective buyer traffic also hit the lowest since that year as high gas prices and mortgage rates thinned the ranks of house hunters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

In just 30 years, the heavily thinned forest had not only recovered all the carbon removed during harvesting, but had also gained enough additional carbon to equal the increase seen in the unharvested controls.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

But it’s especially bad for big agricultural states, where margins were already thinned due to tariffs and fertilizer prices.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026

To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Soon, the trees thinned and the nauseating, sweet scent of Deadwood Dump filled the air.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

“So we support the thinning of the queues and getting the better, realistic decisions to make sure we can all move forward.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

But scientists say long-term glacier thinning and the thawing of frozen ground likely raised the risks.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Staff will continue regular inspections to detect crown thinning, needle discoloration and loss, reduced growth and abnormal resin production, she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Memory problems, thinning skin, and declining bone mass may seem like separate consequences of growing older.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

For the next two weeks, Roberto and I worked picking carrots and thinning lettuce after school and on weekends when it did not rain.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez