Sentences with phrase «to thin»

Although the name has changed, it's still the same industry once denoted as «leveraged buyouts» — that is, the business of buying companies with a thin slice of nonpublic equity and mountains of debt, in which fund managers grab richly generous (to themselves) fees.

The high thread count helps with absorbency in an otherwise thin towel.

As funding and prospects for exits thin, expect more companies to have a harder time justifying inflated valuations.

With a price tag of $ 2,500 for a one - day rental and $ 25,000 to purchase, investors might not appear out of thin air any time soon, though.

With a razor - thin majority, he wouldn't have much of a choice.

The concerns discussed by industry leaders highlight the thin line that health organizations must tread.

It's possible a thin layer of plaque broke loose from an arterial wall and tumbled merrily along until it got stuck.

But as you fly higher, the air becomes thinner, so the plane must travel faster to maintain lift.

Sometimes in conversations with these people, I find myself thinking of how thin the line really is between praying and whining, and how easy it is to cross.

They're faster, thinner, and lighter than they've ever been before, but those advantages came at a price.

Flat irons that have lower temperature options that start around 250 degrees Fahrenheit are ideal for those with thin, damage - prone hair.

The start - up's premiere product, the Thin Ice vest, uses cold therapy to target areas of the body with high concentrations of thermoreceptors, which are nerve cells that are able to detect the presence of hot or cold temperatures.

«As a CEO it's really easy to feel like you're not doing anything well enough because you're just spread too thin,» Smith says.

But a thinner atmosphere means less drag on the aircraft, so the engines can hit high speeds with less fuel.

Depending on whether you're landing on a planet or a moon that has no atmosphere, a thin atmosphere, or a dense atmosphere, and depending on whether you're reentering with no payload in the front, a small payload, or a heavy payload, you have to balance the rocket out as it's coming in.

Combined with its thin design and light weight, the Pixelbook is a veritable portable device.

Infinity is a thin font with a friendly yet sophisticated feel.

Leader - Chivée's newly - released book, Crossing The Thinnest Line, argues that diversity is the single most undervalued and underleveraged economic asset in the US today.

Each state was decided by a razor - thin margin, which allowed Clinton to win the popular vote by roughly 3 million votes yet still lose in the Electoral College.

Mix it with a cursive font or a thin, modern typeface.

Muhga Eltigani's waist - length tresses were thin and brittle, but, while in Africa during her junior year at the University of Pennsylvania, she discovered homemade hair treatments using avocado and mango.

More than 40 % of respondents admitted to putting off learning about investing because they feel they're stretched too thin to contribute.

Kim apparently tried to downplay the underlying tension between the two by joking about how many years it took for him to visit South Korea despite the very thin demarcation line between them.

Because the elephants are small, only a thin rope is required.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

Because the IUD is actually acting like your period — it's thinning out the lining,» Millheiser said.

But here's the thing: That same thin rope is all that's needed to keep them secured.

So in order to land on places like the moon, where there is no atmosphere and certainly no runways, or to land on Mars, where the atmosphere is too thin to land — even if there were runways — to land with a wing, you really have to get propulsive landing perfect.

Despite competitors like The Cold Shoulder and Cool Fat Burner, Paulin claims Thin Ice is the only electrically powered vest with Bluetooth cooling technology.

But the deployment could stretch US resources thin, and complicate efforts by the Trump administration to increase troop numbers in Afghanistan in an attempt to beat back recent Taliban gains.

Consumer Search rated the Soft Heat Luxury Micro-Fleece Blanket highly because of the easy - to - use control, thin interior wires, preheat function, and low - voltage heating.

On top of the prevention within the Fallopian tube and the inhospitableenvironment within the uterus, progestin also thins the uterine lining, rendering a viable pregnancy extremely unlikely.

The model would allow customers to add an unlimited amount of toppings to an 11 - inch thin crust pizza for the same set price.

Apple engineered these machines to be thin and light, which unfortunately means they left little room for after market upgrades.

Even brand managers who embrace social media can find their efforts are met with lackluster response or, worse yet, can find themselves in a crisis from an online misstep caused by spreading oneself too thin.

While liftoff speed is around 170 mph at sea level, a commercial airliner's cruising speed is around 550 mph at 40,000 feet — where the air density is 10x thinner.

HR prevents you from getting tied up in administrative work which can stretch you thin while you are growing your business.

Unlike the «rabbit ears» of yesterday, the newer antennas are typically paper - thin like Mohu's flagship Leaf 30, which sells for $ 39.95, and looks like this:

The area covered by traffickers around the Galapagos Islands is as big as the continental US, Ray said, leaving Coast Guard assets assigned to the area stretched thin.

Mars has a thin atmosphere, which means a spacecraft wouldn't naturally slow down much upon approaching its surface.

Raleway is a popular font that comes in a myriad of sizes, ranging from hairline thin to bold black, making it a mighty useful font for a variety of company branding functions.

He loved the excitement, the passion, the hard work, and the idea of that only a thin line exists between becoming great success or a great failure.

When aiming to create something that feels sophisticated, look for the thinnest font possible.

«Thin Ice stimulates your body with cold temperatures, forcing your body to produce extra heat and burn calories in the process,» said Paulin.

So in April 2015 Paulin launched Thin Ice, a wearable weight - loss line that claims to boost users» metabolisms literally without moving a muscle.

The product is a rechargeable solar - powered LED lantern that inflates like a balloon, and collapses to become thinner than a deck of cards.

A stressful situation, like an important presentation or meeting, causes many to push their voices outside of their natural vocal range, which makes it sounds thin and weak.

On the other hand, he says a thin, nasal voice is less appealing and often irritating.

«Very thin men, conversely, are punished relative to their average - weight peers, and men are rewarded for gaining weight until the point of obesity,» explain Judge and Cable of their findings.

Another «if» regarded the moon's water - enriched atmosphere: «If there is a thin atmosphere around Europa, it has the potential to block some of the light of Jupiter, and we could see it as a silhouette,» Sparks said in the release.