tenuous
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The hauntings become increasingly literal as the story’s tenuous trappings of reality begin to slide away, replaced by phantasms and otherworldly visions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
While the characters have only a tenuous connection to the theme of vehicles, the original costumes they’re modeling are enchanting in their candor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Adam Baron, a fellow at US-based think tank New America, said the Houthi offensive since Thursday had "shattered much of what was left of Yemen's tenuous ceasefire".
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Entry-level jobs pay relatively little, job security is tenuous and the math of going out matters.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Daylight could not come in, but he was able to recognize it by the tenuous change in the cracks of the blinds.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing tenuous
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