thinning

Example Sentences

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For now, Arm’s push into making its own chips has raised operating expenses, and profit margins are thinning.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Buyers are also showing thinning patience with trying to time purchases for certain rate levels.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

The team suggests that this shift may be linked to the overall thinning of Arctic sea ice.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

But hundreds of screeners have quit, and many of those still on the job were working without pay, prompting unusually high callout rates and thinning already-stretched staffing levels.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2026

Golomb is in his fifties, with short, thinning black hair and wire-rimmed glasses.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell