hair's breadth
noun
: a very small distance or amount : very close
He came within a hair's breadth of winning the race.
—often used before another nouna hairbreadth escape
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All this, plus the $69.99 list price, puts it within a hair's breadth of earning our Editors' Choice award.
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PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2025
Size Apple and Google's tablets are within a hair's breadth of each other in size and weight.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
Android wins this first-ever award for the best mobile OS for work in Canada, but only by a hair's breadth.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023
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PCMAG, 31 Jan. 2025
Size Apple and Google's tablets are within a hair's breadth of each other in size and weight.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 11 May 2023
Android wins this first-ever award for the best mobile OS for work in Canada, but only by a hair's breadth.
—Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023
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“Hair's breadth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hair%27s%20breadth. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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