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since the wall separating our cubicles is paper-thin, I get way too much information about my coworker's love life
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Crape myrtles, sycamores, paper birches and a few other species just happen to do it in large sheets of paper-thin bark.
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Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
Meanwhile, its siblings have migrated to two extremes: Mars is a dry, cold, dusty planet with a paper-thin atmosphere, and Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, covered in a thick atmosphere that quickly destroys even nonliving visitors from Earth.
—Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
What had been a mildly scenic if paper-thin diversion turns into the kind of joint whose narrative big reveals also trigger big laughs — with considerable help from hackneyed dialogue and some awkward acting moments.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The proposal does include some paper-thin provisions regarding program requirements related to completion rates and employment.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Neus Coronado, one of three full-time slicers García employs, can produce a tidy pinwheel of uniform, nearly paper-thin slices in just a few minutes.
—Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
But his decision ricocheted across Capitol Hill, where his departure will leave the already paper-thin House GOP majority even tighter, with just a few seats to spare.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
The MonsterVerse is guilty of this with its rotating cast of paper-thin characters elevated solely by the sheer charisma of its actors.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
This is a slightly bigger option from the brand, and it's made from paper-thin nylon stuffed with scrap yarn.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
Meanwhile, its siblings have migrated to two extremes: Mars is a dry, cold, dusty planet with a paper-thin atmosphere, and Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system, covered in a thick atmosphere that quickly destroys even nonliving visitors from Earth.
—Regina G. Barber, NPR, 8 May 2024
What had been a mildly scenic if paper-thin diversion turns into the kind of joint whose narrative big reveals also trigger big laughs — with considerable help from hackneyed dialogue and some awkward acting moments.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
The proposal does include some paper-thin provisions regarding program requirements related to completion rates and employment.
—Derek Newton, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Neus Coronado, one of three full-time slicers García employs, can produce a tidy pinwheel of uniform, nearly paper-thin slices in just a few minutes.
—Bonnie Berkowitz, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2024
But his decision ricocheted across Capitol Hill, where his departure will leave the already paper-thin House GOP majority even tighter, with just a few seats to spare.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2023
The MonsterVerse is guilty of this with its rotating cast of paper-thin characters elevated solely by the sheer charisma of its actors.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 30 Nov. 2023
This is a slightly bigger option from the brand, and it's made from paper-thin nylon stuffed with scrap yarn.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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