variants
or hairsbreadths
as in inches
a very small distance or degree
just missed the bull's-eye by a hairbreadth
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Noun
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Officers described the shrapnel that dented the patrol car as being two inches by a half-inch.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Oct. 2025 -
To winterize hardy hibiscus, cut back the plant’s stems to a few inches above soil level once the foliage begins to die.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Using Gemini in the Galaxy XR headset feels like a bigger shift toward using AI to get things done that may have previously required multiple steps or more than one app.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ask it to review its own steps or measure its answer against a simple checklist.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Aliso Niguel’s Eliza Havranek served a pair of aces to make the set a bit closer, but Stringham scored the final kill to clinch the set and the match.—
Lou Ponsi,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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Carlee Bissonnette notched 10 kills, a block and five aces, while Margaux Poyant had five kills and a block as Fairhaven (12-6) topped Somerset Berkley 3-0 in the South Coast Conference.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Hairbreadths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hairbreadths. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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