thin
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The Japanese automaker contends with a thin Infiniti lineup, going back to the drawing board after a failed Honda merger, and overall sales being down 35% from a decade earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
The paper calls it the "Burnham bounce", but warns that the margin between both parties is "wafer thin".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026
Not that the songs weren’t admirably performed, but the same intensity of emotion can’t be conjured out of thin air.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026
Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney have demonstrated a new way to control tiny sources of quantum light by twisting atomically thin layers of hexagonal boron nitride.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
At lunch one day, looking through the thin curtain, I thought I saw a figure standing just outside in the alley.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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