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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

It should be applied to all exposed skin, including the face, neck and ears - and head if you have thinning or no hair - ideally 30 minutes before you go out into the sun.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

For now, Arm’s push into making its own chips has raised operating expenses, and profit margins are thinning.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

This thinning allowed more harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun to reach Earth's surface.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

For the first time, I realized that his hair was thinning at the top.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds