Hairbreadth (noun)

  1. A very small distance or margin.
  2. A very small degree or amount; a narrow margin.

Origin:

Hair + breadth.

Examples:

  1. The car missed hitting the pedestrian by a hairbreadth.
  2. He escaped the explosion by a hairbreadth.
  3. The vote was decided by a hairbreadth margin.
  4. He had a hairbreadth escape from death.
  5. He won the race by a hairbreadth.
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