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since the wall separating our cubicles is paper-thin, I get way too much information about my coworker's love life
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And, of course, the burek: the restaurant’s signature is squeeze-your-shoulder comfort with a crust that crackles into a flurry of buttery, paper-thin phyllo.
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USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
The paper-thin potato skin needs a bit of structural help from the flesh.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
Along with a raft of paper-thin caricatures, a roster that includes gossip show host Clara (Juliette Lewis) and online influencer Emily (Stephanie Suganami), Ariel is thrown into what is clearly a bad situation from the jump.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Now, Trump is promising swift action despite paper-thin GOP majorities in Congress.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2025
The paper-thin potato skin needs a bit of structural help from the flesh.
—Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2025
Along with a raft of paper-thin caricatures, a roster that includes gossip show host Clara (Juliette Lewis) and online influencer Emily (Stephanie Suganami), Ariel is thrown into what is clearly a bad situation from the jump.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Now, Trump is promising swift action despite paper-thin GOP majorities in Congress.
—David Morgan, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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