thinning
Example Sentences
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Last month, when pressed on the subject, Hegseth denied that supplies were thinning out.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"This is a timely study given the history of fire suppression in these forests and the state's increasing pace and scale of fuel thinning in recent years," Jin said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Miguez, who has rocked the look himself since 2018, said that men often look younger with buzzed heads than with visibly thinning hair.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 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
