razor-thin

adjective

chiefly US

: very small or thin

razor-thin models

He won by a razor-thin margin.

It was a razor-thin victory.

Examples of razor-thin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Although always rounding down may be the easiest policy to explain and most favorable to customers, costs have the potential to accumulate quickly for businesses processing millions of transactions or operating on razor-thin margins. — Brian Delp, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Logan, Trego and Gove were among those with razor-thin margins in favor of the amendment. — Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Republicans are defending a razor-thin House majority, and can afford to lose just two seats without ceding control of the lower chamber to Democrats. — Fin Daniel Gómez, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images Miller, 37, is running for reelection in Ohio’s 7th district, facing Democratic nominee Brian Poindexter in the November midterms, where the GOP would have to defend its razor-thin majority in the House. — Chad De Guzman, Time, 3 Aug. 2026