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
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.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The same is true for manufacturers of EVs, smartphones, and many other products, with too many companies making similar products at paper-thin margins.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 19 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
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
The same is true for manufacturers of EVs, smartphones, and many other products, with too many companies making similar products at paper-thin margins.
—Dan Wang, Foreign Affairs, 19 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper-thin
Adjective
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Leaders who pay attention to these lessons now will be best prepared to thrive in a world where the boundaries between Earth and orbit are becoming ever thinner.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Students have a narrow window to unlock access to training that could dramatically shape their post-grad trajectory.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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For decades, OPOs have been bulky systems with narrow ranges.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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This further shrank the already slender Republican House majority.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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There are several superstar cameos, and they’re nicely integrated into the movie’s slender plot.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper-thin. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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