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With the Texas Republican Party rocked by infighting, Democrats hope now is their time to achieve the decades-long dream of turning Texas purple and eroding the GOP's wafer-thin Senate majority.
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The effect: the nails look as if they have been coated with a wafer-thin layer of glass—shiny, clear, and yet totally natural.
—Lina-Marie Baatz, Glamour, 7 July 2025
In a wafer-thin crystalline sample of nickel iodide, the team observed that the spins of nickel atoms were arranged in a spiral pattern throughout the material’s lattice.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
That in turn could cause further problems in the House, which only approved the original package by a wafer-thin margin.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Wang tries his best, but Li is a wafer-thin cut-out without much charm, and his romance with the equally vapid Mia lacks spark.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Any dramatic changes could cause a problem for Johnson, who only got the bill through the House with a wafer-thin majority.
—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
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James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
The effect: the nails look as if they have been coated with a wafer-thin layer of glass—shiny, clear, and yet totally natural.
—Lina-Marie Baatz, Glamour, 7 July 2025
In a wafer-thin crystalline sample of nickel iodide, the team observed that the spins of nickel atoms were arranged in a spiral pattern throughout the material’s lattice.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 13 June 2025
That in turn could cause further problems in the House, which only approved the original package by a wafer-thin margin.
—James Bickerton
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Wang tries his best, but Li is a wafer-thin cut-out without much charm, and his romance with the equally vapid Mia lacks spark.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Any dramatic changes could cause a problem for Johnson, who only got the bill through the House with a wafer-thin majority.
—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
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“Wafer-thin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wafer-thin. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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