fine line
noun
: a very small difference
There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive.
There's sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.
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Mast is walking a fine line in giving a green light to remove all-encompassing sanctions on Syria, called the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, as part of the NDAA.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
Terrence Lee / Imagn Images There’s a fine line between excuses and explanations.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
The Good Night, Oscar Tony winner and two-time Emmy winner is set to star in The Unknown, a new one-man thriller from David Cale about a writer on the edge that explores the fine line between fascination and obsession.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
An unwritten future From the onset, Dispatch has had to walk a fine line between telling a cohesive, engaging story and affording its audience the agency to determine where its various threads will go.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
Terrence Lee / Imagn Images There’s a fine line between excuses and explanations.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2025
The Good Night, Oscar Tony winner and two-time Emmy winner is set to star in The Unknown, a new one-man thriller from David Cale about a writer on the edge that explores the fine line between fascination and obsession.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
An unwritten future From the onset, Dispatch has had to walk a fine line between telling a cohesive, engaging story and affording its audience the agency to determine where its various threads will go.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Fine line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine%20line. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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