thinning
- present participle of thin.
Example Sentences
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Last month, when pressed on the subject, Hegseth denied that supplies were thinning out.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
"This is a timely study given the history of fire suppression in these forests and the state's increasing pace and scale of fuel thinning in recent years," Jin said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
Yet, as Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris tell us in “The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss,” “a great thinning of the skies is under way.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
These includes fortifying homes against wildfires, replanting fire-ravaged forests and thinning out vegetation with prescribed burns, goat grazing and manual thinning with heavy machinery to reduce the intensity of potential fires.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
As each click, each pulse, each second pulled them closer to that point on the gears of Luna’s life when every hand pointed toward thirteen, Xan could feel herself thinning, shrinking, fading.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
