thin out
Example Sentences
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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
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
The tree tends to produce more apples than it can handle, so growers must thin out the fruit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
As the afternoon sun waned, the crowd began to thin out, save for a few families asking anyone who seemed in authority to give them information about their missing loved ones.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025
And as the beetles thin out the weed, desirable range plants that have been crowded out are able to return.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
