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In a wafer-thin crystalline sample of nickel iodide, the team observed that the spins of nickel atoms were arranged in a spiral pattern throughout the material’s lattice.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
That in turn could cause further problems in the House, which only approved the original package by a wafer-thin margin.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Wang tries his best, but Li is a wafer-thin cut-out without much charm, and his romance with the equally vapid Mia lacks spark.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Any dramatic changes could cause a problem for Johnson, who only got the bill through the House with a wafer-thin majority.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The differences might not sound huge, but when margins are wafer-thin, the clinical edges can count for a lot.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 May 2025
With Bayern and Inter top of their domestic tables, the difference in quality between the two squads is wafer-thin.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Due to the more stringent rules on reconciliation and Republicans’ wafer-thin majority, doubts have swirled about their ability to pull off two reconciliation bills in a single year.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
The Republicans have only a wafer-thin majority in the House of Representatives, with 218 seats versus 213 for the Democrats and another four seats vacant.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
That in turn could cause further problems in the House, which only approved the original package by a wafer-thin margin.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Wang tries his best, but Li is a wafer-thin cut-out without much charm, and his romance with the equally vapid Mia lacks spark.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Any dramatic changes could cause a problem for Johnson, who only got the bill through the House with a wafer-thin majority.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The differences might not sound huge, but when margins are wafer-thin, the clinical edges can count for a lot.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 May 2025
With Bayern and Inter top of their domestic tables, the difference in quality between the two squads is wafer-thin.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Due to the more stringent rules on reconciliation and Republicans’ wafer-thin majority, doubts have swirled about their ability to pull off two reconciliation bills in a single year.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
The Republicans have only a wafer-thin majority in the House of Representatives, with 218 seats versus 213 for the Democrats and another four seats vacant.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Wafer-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wafer-thin. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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