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thin out



VERB
disband
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST




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This time, I visited in the fall shoulder season, when summer crowds thin out and prices dip.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

You catch up less, the messages thin out, and one day you realize you’re not really in each other’s lives anymore.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

According to Paul Gowder, professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, airports are liminal spaces for immigrants where constitutional protections thin out.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

As part of an effort to thin out its money-losing “moonshot” investments with no near-term revenue prospects, Google sold Boston Dynamics to Softbank in 2017.

From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026

Only Mom understands, and I feel a little better when she reassures me that I’ll thin out as I grow.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea




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