thickness

Example Sentences

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Give kids the thickness of a community of cousins, aunts, uncles and other relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Weatherhead says the thickness of the skin affects how well red light can penetrate.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

The experiment begins with an intense burst of light striking a very thin copper wire, about one-seventh the thickness of a human hair.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

The base was rich, but it lacked the kind of body that makes a chowder feel finished: the subtle thickness, the quiet cohesion.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026

They had to work out details like the specific placement of the memorial, the exact length needed to fit everyone’s names, and the thickness of the granite.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge