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thinner

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1. thinner - Noun

2. thinner - Adjective

Derived from thin

Meaning

One who thins, or makes thinner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. Josh Billings

I am on the edge of mysteries and the veil is getting thinner and thinner. Louis Pasteur

But I do know focusing on the exterior doesn't make me happy. If I want peace and serenity, it won't be reached by getting thinner or fatter. Elle Macpherson

When we believe in our thoughts, when we tell ourselves a story, we suffer. 'My husband doesn't respect me.' 'I should be thinner.' Those are stories. When there's no story, there's no suffering. Byron Katie

It is not that we love to be alone, but that we love to soar, and when we do soar, the company grows thinner and thinner until there is none at all. ...We are not the less to aim at the summits though the multitude does not ascend them. Henry David Thoreau

I am not gonna die because some network executive thought I was fat! It's so wrong! It's so wrong that women are asked to live up to this skinny ideal that is totally unattainable. For me to be ten pounds thinner is a full-time job, and I am handing in my notice and walking out the door!! Margaret Cho

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