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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But the company also has to walk a fine line both politically and financially.
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
But there is a fine line to walk between competing physically and doing something reckless that can hurt your team in the short- and/or long-term haul of a series.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
There’s a fine line between Ortiz and Williams this season.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Kenney-Silver delivers a touchingly nuanced performance as Anne, balanced on the fine line between sad as in devastated and sad as in pathetic.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
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Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
But there is a fine line to walk between competing physically and doing something reckless that can hurt your team in the short- and/or long-term haul of a series.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 6 May 2025
There’s a fine line between Ortiz and Williams this season.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Kenney-Silver delivers a touchingly nuanced performance as Anne, balanced on the fine line between sad as in devastated and sad as in pathetic.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 1 May 2025
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“Fine line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine%20line. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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