slim
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"Monopoles are single-pole structures designed to carry significant electricity network capacity within a slim and compact profile," it explained.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
So the chances of this happening in any meaningful way are slim at best.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Their slim bodies and long front legs may have helped them travel efficiently through the open landscapes of Pleistocene North America.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
Perhaps I would read slim English novels in the park.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
He peered carefully at the slim frail woman who stood so resolutely out on the porch.
From "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
Just inside the door, there was a flimsy mannequin with the face of a much younger, slimmer Trump, wearing a red “Trump 2028” hat, a dark suit, and a signature red tie.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
Soon, the fun fan shot was replaced by one of those grim before-and-after shots: An obese Goodman in his 30s and the slimmer Goodman in his 70s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Responding to the watchdog, Jaded London argued it was "not clear" the model was holding a cigarette because it was slimmer than normal and "did not appear to be lit".
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Suffering from slimmer margins on electric cars, US tariffs and above all intense Chinese competition, German carmakers have sought to cut overheads.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
One of them is a little taller and slimmer than the other, but they definitely look alike.
From "Pride" by Ibi Zoboi
Keiko Fujimori won the June 7 presidential runoff by the slimmest of margins, outpolling leftist Roberto Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of the more than 18 million ballots cast, the final results showed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
With Sri Lanka chasing down the target with ease, the Australians are left clinging to only the slimmest mathematical hope and will watch nervously as Zimbabwe face Ireland on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026
To evoke the fractured psyche of the characters, Morrison’s narratives are highly disjointed, switching among different points of view and time periods with only the slimmest semantic clues offered for orientation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
Two dozen parents who sent their daughters to summer camp are grieving, while others are waiting in anguish with the slimmest of hopes because their loved ones have yet to be found.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2025
There was a chance, she thought, just the slimmest chance that an offering burned on this altar might appear at Camp Half-Blood.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman cut deeper into the lead of reality television personality Spencer Pratt on Saturday, as his lead slimmed to just a single percentage point.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
A dedicated pace coach for the senior side could be another tweak to a backroom staff previously slimmed down by McCullum.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2026
England have slimmed down their backroom staff since McCullum took charge.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
Rising labor costs had slimmed margins for many Amazon deliveries done by UPS.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
She’d slimmed down and shot up and started worrying about clothes.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Continental, which has been struggling amid a crisis in the wider European auto sector, has been slimming down its operations to focus on its traditional tyre business.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
As part of the new changes, McKinsey is also slimming down its board, known internally as its shareholders council.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It is thought to be the result of rapid slimming, rather than the medication itself.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Campari’s positive performance was offset by the slimming of inventory for lower priority brands, they added.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
I’ve worn black today, because I’ve heard so often that it’s supposed to be slimming.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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