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hairsbreadth

[ hairz-bredth, -bretth, -breth ]

noun

  1. a very small space or distance:

    We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.



adjective

  1. extremely narrow or close.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hairsbreadth1

First recorded in 1575–85
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Example Sentences

“This is why last year was much more stressful in many ways. We did come within a hairsbreadth of triaging patients last year.â€

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So as Grace passed over the massive Greenland ice sheet, for instance, the leading module would respond to gravitational forces and edge out ahead by a hairsbreadth.

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Though it lasts only 73 minutes, “Tito†is jammed with enough action, adventure and hairsbreadth escapes to energize a much longer feature.

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Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Texas Democrat who came within a hairsbreadth of beating Sen. Ted Cruz in the midterm elections last month, came out on top in a recent poll of progressive activists.

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These factors could already be steering the world ever closer to a new Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world came within a hairsbreadth of nuclear incineration.

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