Example Sentences

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A 2018 study by researchers from Leeds University showed that the segment close to base camp was thinning at a rate of 1m per year.

From BBC • May 28, 2023

The World Cup crowd was thinning out, but a new wave of folks came.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2022

Because satellite estimates suggested the ice shelf was thinning an average of two or three meters per year, he expected to find the ice three to six centimeters thinner than the week before.

From Scientific American • Oct. 18, 2022

"I was so stressed out my hair was thinning," Ms. Revson told The Washington Post in 1995.

From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2022

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

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds