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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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Ortega and Keoghan do their best with the paper-thin material, but there's a hollowness front and center of this film.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 May 2025
He’s got a paper-thin mustache and a shrub of chin hair to match.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
When Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia in 2000, his legitimacy was paper-thin.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
Image Vietnam’s textile and garment factories have paper-thin profit margins — an average of 5 percent, executives said.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 May 2025
He’s got a paper-thin mustache and a shrub of chin hair to match.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
When Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia in 2000, his legitimacy was paper-thin.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 6 May 2025
Image Vietnam’s textile and garment factories have paper-thin profit margins — an average of 5 percent, executives said.
—Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 4 May 2025
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“Paper-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper-thin. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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