thinning

Example Sentences

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Franchisees of ultra-cheap chains face thinning profits, rising costs, and intense price wars, despite corporate gains.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

This thinning allowed more harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun to reach Earth's surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 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

After an hour or a week or a second, the creachers start thinning and we come out the other side of the herd.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness