thinner
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This strong slowing effect allows the structure to shrink dramatically while still trapping light efficiently, resulting in a layer more than a thousand times thinner than a human hair.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
The team created the nanoscrolls by rolling flat MXene flakes into tiny tubular structures that are about ten thousand times thinner than a water pipe.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
He later founded APP Pharmaceuticals, a maker of blood thinner heparin, and Abraxis BioScience, where he created breakthrough chemotherapy drug Abraxane.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
India could soon get a lot thinner - at least in theory.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Each week, he seemed to grow taller and thinner, and his hands were turning more and more into the rough brown bark of a waterman’s.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
