fine line
noun
: a very small difference
There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive.
There's sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.
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There's a fine line between removing programs that are considered to be discriminatory by by race and removing programs that speak to a cultural or ethnicity support for students.
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Understandably, then, there’s a fine line between respecting your preferences and veering into unhealthy superficiality.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Feb. 2025
Musk is walking a fine line with Trump, who doesn’t like to be overshadowed by his aides.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Football is all about walking the fine line between channeled aggression and over-the-top behavior, and Kelce said at the time that Reid has helped old him into the successful player he’s become.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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Leila Fadel, NPR, 19 Feb. 2025
Understandably, then, there’s a fine line between respecting your preferences and veering into unhealthy superficiality.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Feb. 2025
Musk is walking a fine line with Trump, who doesn’t like to be overshadowed by his aides.
—Jess Bidgood, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
Football is all about walking the fine line between channeled aggression and over-the-top behavior, and Kelce said at the time that Reid has helped old him into the successful player he’s become.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Fine line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fine%20line. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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