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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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Luz’s chief liaison in the gillage was a fifty-three-year-old woman named Yolanda Miranda, paper-thin with soft features and a loose bob of saddle-brown hair.
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Some players like paper-thin picks and others prefer chunky monkeys.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
Etna Occupying one of the prettiest rooms at Monaci Delle Terre Nere, a bucolic wine estate and 18th-century baronial house reimagined as a boutique hotel, Locanda Nerello tickles the bon viveurs before the photogenic plates are served or the wine poured into paper-thin glasses.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
This paper-thin profile allows them to be integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components, enabling ultra-thin laptop designs that were previously impossible to cool.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
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Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Some players like paper-thin picks and others prefer chunky monkeys.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
Etna Occupying one of the prettiest rooms at Monaci Delle Terre Nere, a bucolic wine estate and 18th-century baronial house reimagined as a boutique hotel, Locanda Nerello tickles the bon viveurs before the photogenic plates are served or the wine poured into paper-thin glasses.
—Rosalyn Wikeley, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
This paper-thin profile allows them to be integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components, enabling ultra-thin laptop designs that were previously impossible to cool.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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