paper-thin

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This enduring fascination may stem as much from the paper-thin line that separates the two states as it does from our deep-seated fear of both.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

In Tegucigalpa, the nation’s capital from which Hernández left in chains in 2022, Asfura held a paper-thin lead Monday in Honduras’s presidential race.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Revealing a boundary as fragile as this paper-thin clay layer required painstaking work.

From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2025

This left Johnson shy of a necessary majority due to his party's paper-thin advantage in the lower chamber.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2025

With the salesman urging me on, I got another shirt, and a hat, and new shoes— the kind that were just coming into hipster style; dark orange colored, with paper-thin soles and knob style toes.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey