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thinning

noun as in attrition

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Over his thinning dark hair and fleshy cheeks, he pulls a brown ski mask.

The fear is that thinning the blood further might promote more bleeding rather than decrease the risk of clot enlargement.

His hair is a thinning silver brillo pad, and his belly juts forward from beneath his suit jacket.

Behind-the-scenes strong-arming is the traditional means of thinning the herd.

In the letter, Boxer cited the leak, as well as the unexpected wear and thinning of the steam-generator tubes.

But in the great thoroughfare the tide of vehicles and foot passengers was perceptibly thinning.

At last—the saints above knew after how long—he saw the pines thinning, then the rocks shone black and bare in the sun.

When the last of them had passed I observed with great alarm a thinning out of the darkness along the eastern skyline.

This is done by a moderate thinning of the main shoots early in the year, resulting in the forcing of those which are left.

Gradually the rooms were thinning, and at last Lady Thurwell, impatient of her niece's long absence, came to fetch her.

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On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to thinning, such as: erosion, abrasion, attenuation, debilitation, depreciation, and disintegration.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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