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Trillions of dollars were created out of thin air and then eviscerated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

While Apple has been on a roll this year, the lineup is a bit thin this month and it remains to be seen whether “Ted Lasso” can recapture its first-season magic.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

“We are working off of very thin margins,” Wazne said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

"Grateful to everyone for being with us through thick and thin for the past 50 years, thank you, take care," it said on social media, without providing further details.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

And Patch was still thin, still white, his skirt big enough for two boys his size.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

It also had large hind legs and smaller, thinner front limbs.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

Analysts said generic-drug makers operate on thinner margins than manufacturers of branded medicines and might struggle to move production to the U.S. due to pricing pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

At that altitude, the Earth's barometric pressure is lower, making the air thinner and meaning less oxygen is taken into the bloodstream with each breath.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

“This is especially the case given the U.S. holiday on Friday, when liquidity conditions will be a lot thinner, amplifying the impact of any intervention.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

From the street, the crying woman’s voice rose again and again, hoarser and thinner than the last time.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“I couldn’t eat. I was the thinnest I’d ever been. I was just so anxious every day, not having answers to these questions,” Bayouth said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

And the U.S. is meeting this challenge with the thinnest oil-reserve cushion in a generation.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

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

The thinnest part of the phone, the left-side panel, is 3.9 millimeters thick—equivalent to five credit cards—and the device is 12.9 millimeters thick when completely folded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

Even Bowdy was too scared to step on the thinnest branches.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie

What’s more, staying hydrated helps flush toxins, keeps organs functioning optimally and thins mucus, making it easier for lungs to stay clear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

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

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

So if there are four countries that would like to be independent, then it just thins down the process and makes the efforts very uneconomical.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024

The crowd on the sidewalk thins, and I look up to see why.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

The "first rung of the career ladder has thinned" and that for "too many young people it is now simply out of reach", Milburn is set to say in a speech later.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

One franchisee operating several beverage stores in Henan province said sales volumes remained high but profits had thinned sharply over the past two years because “everyone nearby is running promotions all the time.”

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

More recently, he made his entire corporate staff reapply for their jobs, then thinned out the ranks by letting a few dozen employees go.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

The monoculture that once lifted “Euphoria” has thinned, if it even exists at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Unconfined by walls, it thinned, and I was able to take in more of the guests at a glance.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

"Unlike Californian forests, where preventative measures can be taken through thinning, boreal forests, which are very dense, cannot be controlled," Bergeron said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Inspired by men’s stories on Bald Café, Christian Makoa, 24, got his head shaved in January because his thinning hair had affected his confidence and he wanted to start dating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

Earlier research has raised concerns that rapid weight loss associated with GLP-1 medications may contribute to bone thinning and increase fracture risk.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 16, 2026

These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026

I fell a couple of times, tripping over roots sticking out from ground that was ashy and loose in the thinning earth, washed out from the endless rain.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline