flatten
Example Sentences
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The dollar sank, pushing up retail prices in America and causing a run on Treasury bonds that flattened mortgage lending and battered corporate finances.
The researchers found that breast tumors flattened this normal pattern.
From Science Daily
On the daily chart, the 200-day simple moving average is beginning to flatten for the first time in over a year.
From Barron's
The burned husks of thousands of homes have been flattened.
From Los Angeles Times
It began on Wednesday, as Ohio State was flattened by Miami in the Cotton Bowl.
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