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Public opinion polls have shown the measure with slim majority support.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026

Many believe their chances of ever buying a home are slim to none, and it can be tough for recent college graduates to break into today’s job market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Prospects of a ceasefire with Russia remain slim and Ukraine faces another harsh winter of war.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Chances are slim this structure will change soon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

They sprang out of the water like sleek mojarras—two slim, delicate fish flying out of the river.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

We have to demonstrate the performance of this much longer, much slimmer wing in terms of reduced fuel consumption.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The prototype features a sleek design that is slimmer than an iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The U.S. strategic crude stockpiles are dwindling at a record pace and are approaching their lowest in decades — but concerns about slimmer reserves may be overblown.

From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026

But for “middle restaurants” — between fast-casual spots without extensive table service and high-level tasting menus — restaurateurs often make up for the slimmer margins with volume.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Then it would be passed through the one just smaller, and so through every hole in turn, growing longer and slimmer all the time, until it changed from an ingot into wire.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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

In a semi-final dominated by the return, Gauff edged Paolini by the slimmest of margins.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025

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

But when it came to science, Narlikar believed in exploring the slimmest of possibilities.

From BBC ● May 23, 2025

Scythe Curie offered Citra the slimmest of grins.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

Rent eats up more than half of Imeh’s take-home pay, which was slimmed after a credit-card company started garnishing part of her wages to pay off her card debts, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Though the fest itself has been cut down from 11 days to six, the amount of talent jammed into that week doesn’t appear to have slimmed down much at all.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026

Rising labor costs had slimmed margins for many Amazon deliveries done by UPS.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

Former world number one Novak Djokovic, who has slimmed down his schedule in recent years to protect his body, has called on players to be more united, external in forcing change.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2025

She’d slimmed down and shot up and started worrying about clothes.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Nestlé is trying to end the slump by winning back market share and slimming down its sprawling business.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Brides aren’t the only ones slimming down before their big day, Ianieri-Salerno said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

The packaged foods conglomerate’s efforts to focus its operations come as many of its peers are also slimming down brand offerings and shifting away from large, sprawling portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

As part of a vast slimming down of its business, which has included selling some medical practices, UnitedHealth also said it completed the sale of Optum UK for $400 million.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

The column of light in front of us is closing, slimming into a pinpoint.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer