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thin

adjective as in diluted

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With air traffic controllers already stretched thin by pre-existing staff shortages, traveller Ben Sauceda said working without pay is not ideal.

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The move sparked a flurry of warnings from automakers that they would have to suspend operations because of thinning inventories of parts containing Nexperia’s chips, which are used in everything from lights to electronics.

Another, rooted in plasma physics, proposes that the pairs themselves become unstable while passing through the thin gas that fills intergalactic space.

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They tell clients in a note that NAB’s thin capital buffer, high payout ratio and solid growth in risk-weighted assets present downside risk to the dividend.

The finished product is as thin as a human hair.

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