- present participle of thin.
thinning
Example Sentences
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Forest Service, are overgrown because of decades of fire suppression, and that thinning them out through controlled burns would help reduce the amount of water absorbed by upland vegetation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
At this stage, high energy radiation from the young star can penetrate the thinning material and heat gas in the disk until it escapes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The chart below shows the thinning gap between annualized inflation rates and APYs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Festivals and fairs crowd the calendar through summer and fall, thinning out but never disappearing entirely once the weather turns cold.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
But the sky is peeking through the thinning white haze overhead, in pale blue patches.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
