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as in skinny
having a noticeably small amount of body fat
after starting a workout routine, she looked thinner
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2
as in slender
being of less than usual width
the thin threads of a cobweb
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3
as in thinned
not containing very much of some important element
the evidence for that oddball theory is pretty thin
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as in to dilute
to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances
thinned the cream with milk but didn't tell anyone
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Recent Examples of thin
Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
From the front, the Aspen features a thin black or clay-colored outer bezel with a 1.3-inch off-white mat around the screen.
—PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
With injuries to forwards Ricardo Pepi and Folarin Balogun, and Haji Wright recently getting back in action after four months on the sidelines, head coach Mauricio Pochettino's options thinned a bit.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The frames are thin all the way around, for a barely-there look that gives you a sense of sophistication.
—Christopher Murray, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
From the front, the Aspen features a thin black or clay-colored outer bezel with a 1.3-inch off-white mat around the screen.
—PC Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
My favorites tend to possess a large brim that falls in gentle folds around my face, covering my now shorter and remorselessly thinning hair and quite sensitively shadowing the varied assaults of time on my complexion.
—Judith Viorst, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
With injuries to forwards Ricardo Pepi and Folarin Balogun, and Haji Wright recently getting back in action after four months on the sidelines, head coach Mauricio Pochettino's options thinned a bit.
—Michael Lewis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thin
Adjective
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Here are the shoes to wear with skinny jeans to look chic in Spring 2025.—
Renata Joffre,
Glamour,
19 Apr. 2025
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Martinis are flowing and skinny French fries are arriving on small plates.—
Kailyn Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The three super skinny pen tips can go from creating impossibly slender, seemingly real brow strokes to a cluster of freckles across the cheeks much like a stamp.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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But Cummings prefers to mail the slender tubes back to Crown Bees, which will care for them over the winter.—
Martha Ann Overland,
NPR,
6 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The plain and active meaning of the word cannot be diluted by its constriction, as the government would have it, to a narrow term of art.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
18 Apr. 2025
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This approach dilutes your unique value proposition and distracts from your primary purpose.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Lift your hips off the ground and place a block underneath your sacrum, the widest, boniest part of your pelvis.—
Cory Martin,
Verywell Health,
16 Oct. 2024
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Differences in Adult Bones That being said, some adults are bonier than others.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
3 Nov. 2023
Adjective
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On Saturday, the narrow field caused both teams to adapt to tighter spaces and quicker play.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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In February, Trump had a narrow net approval rating of plus 0.6 points.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Philip Morris smokes estimates Philip Morris International (PM) reported first-quarter results that exceeded expectations, with adjusted diluted earnings per share growing 12.7% to $1.69.—
Kevin Ryan,
Quartz,
23 Apr. 2025
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Net income was $646 million, or 34 cents per diluted share.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry cut its gross domestic product forecast to 0%-2% for 2025, down from its previous outlook of 1%-3%.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
14 Apr. 2025
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Place bottoms, cut sides up, in a 13- x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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With between-the-tackles runner Ray Davis on the roster for the next three seasons, a pass-catching presence would be the likely lean if the Bills do take one.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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At the current sales pace, that is equivalent to a 4-month supply, which is still on the lean side.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thin. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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