thinness

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Recent Examples of thinness The meat is cut on a Berkel slicer to near-translucent thinness, bringing out the sweetness of the fat. Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026 The thinness of aesthetic attention is remarkable. Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026 This singular cornrow look, though, tends to camouflage hair thinness. Omenaa Boakye, InStyle, 15 June 2026 In a candid conversation about aging and body image, Twain revealed that her pursuit of thinness led to unhealthy habits. Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Because of their thinness, there's less opportunity for cold air to infiltrate empty pockets and dry them out. Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 2 June 2026 People are fixating on celebrities of all kinds, accusing singers of body-positive anthems of being hypocritical, rolling their eyes at athletes promoting weight loss drugs and whispering about the thinness of their favorite movie stars. Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 29 May 2026 The real breakthrough of the technology may not simply be the thinness of the solar cells, but how the NTU team manufactured them. New Atlas, 26 May 2026 The thinness of the writing limits several crucial actors. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thinness
Noun
  • The focus on slimness has fueled speculation about the emergence of phones with no charging ports, a design choice that Apple reportedly considered for the iPhone Air, according to Bloomberg.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The slimness undoubtedly raises questions about durability.
    Prakhar Khanna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The amount of color many of us encounter day to day keeps shrinking, Williams points out, largely because blandness is cheaper to produce and easier to sell.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 30 June 2026
  • That geographic blandness only emphasizes the film’s other shortcomings, such as Schoenaerts’s anonymous work as the villain (a lot of glowering and creepy glares) and the rather rote big-sister/little-sister arc given to Supergirl and Ruthye.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • An emphasis on leanness and muscular prowess The primary sports where eating disorders traditionally surface are gymnastics, wrestling, dancing, bodybuilding and figure skating, since these are sports where weight and body image often come into play.
    Emily Hemendinger, The Conversation, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The leanness and intensity of the production — a 35-day shoot, with only 11 days in the main location — were exhilarating but wearying.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
    Tatiana Dias, Vogue, 25 June 2026
  • Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • The weakness that began in technology stocks spread through Asia and Europe on Tuesday, while precious metals also came under pressure as investors reassessed the path of interest rates.
    Justina Lee, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • When the complex was being constructed, there were deviations from the building’s original design, contributing to structural weaknesses, the report said.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s also regularity—both in the bowel movement sense as well as the general predictability sense.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • And that, apparently, wraps up our Hump Day class on predictability.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The way Adult Swim’s slate of low-fi, off-kilter programming managed to interrupt the monotony of 2000s cable TV, Friedland’s show follows a familiar format while subtly contorting it.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • The tension latent in Jobim and Regina’s working relationship gives their rendition a mischievousness that’s sorely missed in the monotony of Art Garfunkel’s version, or the twee precision of Susannah McCorkle’s.
    Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 13 June 2026

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“Thinness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thinness. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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