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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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Roasted red peppers, juicy red tomatoes, shredded lettuce, paper-thin onions, olive oil, red wine vinegar and a few shakes of seasonings finished it off.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
With no functional magnetosphere, Mars’ surface radiation is nearly as intense as in deep space, and the paper-thin atmosphere provides little protection from even minuscule meteorites.
—Big Think, 19 Feb. 2026
The scene slowly morphs into après-ski cocktails and snacks like the paper-thin black truffle pizza.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
Croke has also secured a number of key endorsements, including from the Cook County Democratic Party, though by a paper-thin margin, eking out the organization’s endorsement last year by just 95 votes out of a weighted vote total of 549,705.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2026
With no functional magnetosphere, Mars’ surface radiation is nearly as intense as in deep space, and the paper-thin atmosphere provides little protection from even minuscule meteorites.
—Big Think, 19 Feb. 2026
The scene slowly morphs into après-ski cocktails and snacks like the paper-thin black truffle pizza.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 19 Feb. 2026
Croke has also secured a number of key endorsements, including from the Cook County Democratic Party, though by a paper-thin margin, eking out the organization’s endorsement last year by just 95 votes out of a weighted vote total of 549,705.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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