Examples of wafer-thin in a Sentence
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Any dramatic changes could cause a problem for Johnson, who only got the bill through the House with a wafer-thin majority.
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The differences might not sound huge, but when margins are wafer-thin, the clinical edges can count for a lot.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 May 2025
With Bayern and Inter top of their domestic tables, the difference in quality between the two squads is wafer-thin.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Due to the more stringent rules on reconciliation and Republicans’ wafer-thin majority, doubts have swirled about their ability to pull off two reconciliation bills in a single year.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
The Republicans have only a wafer-thin majority in the House of Representatives, with 218 seats versus 213 for the Democrats and another four seats vacant.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Donalds was caught filming a Real Time with Bill Maher episode in California while simultaneously casting two votes in the lower chamber, where Republicans hold a wafer-thin majority.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Feb. 2025
Potatoes are cut into wafer-thin slices and fried to order, rendering them remarkably crispy before being finished with a balsamic reduction, blue cheese crumbles and fresh-cut basil.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025
With a small majority in the Senate, and a wafer-thin GOP advantage in the House, this is just wishful thinking on the part of Rep. Ogles.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The differences might not sound huge, but when margins are wafer-thin, the clinical edges can count for a lot.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 9 May 2025
With Bayern and Inter top of their domestic tables, the difference in quality between the two squads is wafer-thin.
—Mark Carey, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Due to the more stringent rules on reconciliation and Republicans’ wafer-thin majority, doubts have swirled about their ability to pull off two reconciliation bills in a single year.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 24 Jan. 2025
The Republicans have only a wafer-thin majority in the House of Representatives, with 218 seats versus 213 for the Democrats and another four seats vacant.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 25 Mar. 2025
Donalds was caught filming a Real Time with Bill Maher episode in California while simultaneously casting two votes in the lower chamber, where Republicans hold a wafer-thin majority.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Feb. 2025
Potatoes are cut into wafer-thin slices and fried to order, rendering them remarkably crispy before being finished with a balsamic reduction, blue cheese crumbles and fresh-cut basil.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Feb. 2025
With a small majority in the Senate, and a wafer-thin GOP advantage in the House, this is just wishful thinking on the part of Rep. Ogles.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Wafer-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wafer-thin. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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