thinned

Example Sentences

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Streaming thinned crowds and big budget films faltered.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Tehran residents, known as Tehranis, said the city was functioning but thinned out after a mass exodus of people who had the means to leave and secure a place elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Titania's surface features may therefore reflect a cycle in which the ice shell first thinned and later thickened again.

From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026

Gold’s fragile hold on $5,000 gave way to selling on Tuesday, with support for the precious metal thinned by the start of China’s new year’s holiday.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

The birds around her home had been thinned by hunting, and the survivors were wary.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer