thinner

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The massive run-up also has raised the specter of a summertime pullback, given thinner trading volumes and a lack of corporate headlines expected over June and July.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Exhaustion was setting in, but the deodorant I’d packed needed to be replaced, so I found myself roaming the body care aisles, wincing under the fluorescent lights as my patience rapidly grew thinner.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

True, some worms can do that, too, but only spiders have spinnerets—specialized organs that produce silk—and the ability to weave threads that, though thinner than human hair, have greater tensile strength than steel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

When an ordinary rubber band is stretched, it becomes thinner while largely maintaining the same overall volume.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Her skin was still the dark color of mahogany and her hair was still black and, although she was thinner, her belly was not swollen.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie