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However, their extreme thinness also creates a challenge.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

“This can’t be happening,” I wail, my hands shaking as I feel the unprecedented thinness of my ponytail.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

It’s a big update, particularly in thickness…make that thinness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

After a short interlude of pushing "body inclusivity" and plus-sized models to the fore, the fashion industry has returned to promoting thinness as a beauty ideal.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Their thickness and thinness spoke of hard years of bitter struggle intermingled with rich years of sudden growth.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown