as in thin
being of less than usual width
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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Recent Examples of paper-thin
This has the unfortunate consequence of making both Anna and Jack paper-thin caricatures of the ambitious reporter and small town cop.
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Luz’s chief liaison in the gillage was a fifty-three-year-old woman named Yolanda Miranda, paper-thin with soft features and a loose bob of saddle-brown hair.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Some players like paper-thin picks and others prefer chunky monkeys.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
This paper-thin profile allows them to be integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components, enabling ultra-thin laptop designs that were previously impossible to cool.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Luz’s chief liaison in the gillage was a fifty-three-year-old woman named Yolanda Miranda, paper-thin with soft features and a loose bob of saddle-brown hair.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Some players like paper-thin picks and others prefer chunky monkeys.
—New Atlas, 19 Jan. 2026
This paper-thin profile allows them to be integrated directly onto heat sinks, chassis walls, or internal components, enabling ultra-thin laptop designs that were previously impossible to cool.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for paper-thin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper-thin
Adjective
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To remove the wax, wipe out softened wax with paper towels, add cotton balls to absorb the liquid wax, or let the wax harden and remove it by popping it out with a thin plastic spatula.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
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The procedure uses a thin, flexible catheter introduced through a small incision in the femoral artery near the groin.—
MemorialCare,
Oc Register,
16 Feb. 2026
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The goal was for the GOP to hold onto a narrow House majority in the face of political headwinds that typically favor the party out of power in midterms.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Feb. 2026
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The narrow waterway, just 21 miles wide, serves as a pinch point for 20 million barrels of crude every day, about one-fifth of global production.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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This dwarf variety produces slender, upright branches that, if left unpruned, put forth a graceful weeping habit.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
16 Feb. 2026
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There’s a slender streak of humor, dry and combustible as kindling, in the film’s exploration of this absurd domestic setup, which lays out the rigid expectations of women and men alike in a punishingly conservative society.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper-thin. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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