thin
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To create the connectome, researchers sliced a single fruit fly into thousands of extremely thin serial sections.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
Her story is typical of grandfamilies, which are often stretched thin financially.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
The fact that it’s best enjoyed piping hot, with steam rising in thin streams from spoonfuls of rice.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
The consensus forecast among economists had been for an unchanged jobless rate and a thin 10,000 rise in employment.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The dough he had been poorly flattening to that point tore at a thin spot, splitting in half before it fell between the grates of the stovetop—straight onto the open flame.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Vocabulary lists containing thin
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 4
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