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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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Others say a Chicago street peddler named Anthony Ferreri first sliced the beef into paper-thin pieces so 15 pounds could serve 50 people.
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Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Several school board races in metro Atlanta’s largest counties had paper-thin results.
—Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
That distinction matters when hospital CFOs are trying to protect paper-thin margins.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Dishes are refined and satisfying—a Friday lunch in February included an avocado quinoa salad with paper-thin radishes and chimichurri, roasted scallops with barley risotto and a chilly glass of the house brut champagne.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Several school board races in metro Atlanta’s largest counties had paper-thin results.
—Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 20 May 2026
That distinction matters when hospital CFOs are trying to protect paper-thin margins.
—Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Dishes are refined and satisfying—a Friday lunch in February included an avocado quinoa salad with paper-thin radishes and chimichurri, roasted scallops with barley risotto and a chilly glass of the house brut champagne.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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