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Recent Examples of paper-thin Picture the classic, drab freshman dorm room with a paper-thin plastic mattress and cinder block walls transformed into a true palace. Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 25 Aug. 2025 Trump is pressing Texas and other red states to rearrange their congressional districts to protect the paper-thin Republican congressional majority in next year’s elections. Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025 Republicans have a paper-thin majority in the House of Representative. Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Aug. 2025 The game’s predictably paper-thin story sees the villain Annihilus waging an attack on a galactic scale, bringing with him high level threats like Thanos and Galactus himself to the fray. Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for paper-thin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper-thin
Adjective
  • Such devices must be thin and resilient, capable of working where rigid materials fail.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Long wigs and extensions almost always run on the thinner side by default—an issue hair companies still haven’t really solved.
    Noel Cymone Walker, StyleCaster, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Inflation could feature heavily in midterm elections next year, as the Republican Party looks to defend narrow majorities in the House and Senate.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The meandering layout of Milan predates cars, so expect to get your steps in on the narrow and winding roads.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Ostrich dinosaurs walked on two long, slender hind legs and had a long neck with a small head, similar to modern ostriches, experts said.
    Lauren Liebhaber September 22, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2025
  • This further shrank the already slender Republican House majority.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper-thin. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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