razor-thin

adjective

chiefly US

: very small or thin

razor-thin models

He won by a razor-thin margin.

It was a razor-thin victory.

Examples of razor-thin in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The pair are engaged in a razor-thin race, according to polling, with just weeks to go until the general election. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026

Niccol worked at Yum for more than a decade and understands that scale matters in razor-thin restaurant margins. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Once imprisoned on corruption charges, Lula was freed by the nation's Supreme Court and then defeated incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a heated 2022 election by a razor-thin margin. — David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Its featherlight, razor-thin design goes everywhere without weighing you down, and its long-lasting battery gets you through a full day on a single charge. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 28 Sep. 2026