thick
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By engineering a subwavelength grating, they were able to trap infrared light within a layer only 40 nanometers thick.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
Americans often treat their nation’s founding text as a relic best observed through thick glass at the National Archives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
After hours spent in the thick pollution-choking parts of northern Thailand, Pon Doikam gets home and blows her burning nose to find blood clots spattered across the tissue.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Everton, who were twice sanctioned for breaches of PSR, cashed in on Anthony Gordon in January 2023 despite being in the thick of a relegation battle.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
But his blue eyes behind the thick round spectacles were as mild and merry as ever, and he gazed from one of us to the other with frank delight.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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