thin
adjective
having relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick.
thinned
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past participleof thin.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof thin.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
thinadjectivehaving relatively little extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thick.
Example Sentences
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Borrowing costs have risen sharply in advanced economies, public debt is at historic highs and fiscal cushions thinned by a barrage of crises, said Silvana Tenreyro, chief economist at the IMF.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
The largest trees in the thinned stands were 20% bigger in diameter than those in the unharvested control areas.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026
But it’s especially bad for big agricultural states, where margins were already thinned due to tariffs and fertilizer prices.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2026
To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The crowd had thinned down to less than twenty students, and the courtyard was far quieter than it had been an hour before.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
