flatten
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His advice to chief executives is to flatten organizations, eliminate “glue people” who perform routine tasks, and focus on inventors, salespeople and leaders.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
Free chips briefly flatten the distinction between the appetizers-and-drinks family and the entrées-and-water family.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Now Nasa is working around that problem using the X-59's elongated snout to flatten supersonic booms into tolerable bumps in the background.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Gartner earlier projected that by the end of 2026, one in five organizations will use AI to flatten their structure, eliminating more than half of their current middle-management positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
This afternoon, I used his mortar and pestle to grind coriander seeds, first crushing them as hard as I could, then twisting the pestle in circles to flatten them and make them into a powder.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
If the U.S. yield curve flattens further, the ETF and the sector could fall, with the ETF potentially dropping to its next major support level at $53.25, which also coincides with the 200-day moving average.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
A hot-strip mill flattens thick slabs of heated steel into long, thin ribbons of sheet steel that are wound into coils and shipped to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Over and over again, this documentary makes the point that the screen flattens people’s full humanity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025
His voice flattens, his words become stripped back.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
She groans, flattens her hand against her stomach.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
Around 2010, however, that long-running trend unexpectedly flattened.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Disruption from AI and geopolitical tensions flattened the market after Monday’s sharp tech-fueled rally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
The yield curve has flattened out over roughly the past seven months as traders on Wall Street pushed the policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury yield dramatically higher.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
With the sun breaking through and a drying wind, the wicket flattened out and batting seemed to be becoming easier than on day one.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Chester flattened his ears, wiggled his rear end and smiled in anticipation.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
Next up is a driverless Caterpillar compactor with spiked steel wheels that will run over a programmed course, flattening fresh layers of refuse to make way for additional waste.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Since then, the yield curve has been flattening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
This flattening is a problem for market values of mortgage-backed securities because it pushes down expectations for long-term interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Treating scientific opinion as simply “for” or “against” risks flattening these important distinctions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
Holly jumped back, flattening herself against the velveteen wallpaper.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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