thinnest
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A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
The firm unveiled its thinnest iPhone, the Air, in September, along with upgraded iPhone 17 models, proving a bumper crop for the firm.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2025
After weeks of wrangling, the House passed the bill last week by the thinnest of margins.
From Slate • May 29, 2025
Catcher Lexi Winters opened the scoring by the thinnest of margins, hitting a two-run home run off the top of the wall.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
“What’s your name?” asked the tallest and thinnest of the visitors, a scholarly-looking man with thick gray hair, whose dæmon was a greenfinch.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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