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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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The team had to clean the fossil to expose the soft, paper-thin clay boundary.
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Slice the tuna nearly paper-thin and arrange on a plate.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
The meat is shredded into paper-thin wisps that float on the surface like confetti.
—Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
The place was a dump, with paint chipping from the ceilings, floors slanted at strange angles, rodent droppings situated along the floorboards, and paper-thin walls that welcomed in bitter winter air.
—Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Slice the tuna nearly paper-thin and arrange on a plate.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Oct. 2025
The meat is shredded into paper-thin wisps that float on the surface like confetti.
—Bao Ong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paper-thin
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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