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The gluten-free mixture was too sticky to pass through the rollers that flatten the dough into sheets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

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

Whether there is a physical change - or any need for one - is debatable, but fans of the massages claim they help "flatten" and "debloat" and give a "snatched waist" and "sculpted abs".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The sim was well to the west by the time the slope began to flatten beneath the hooves of their horses.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

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

“Everyone flattens ideas into a tiny text box for AI, and Olive’s patented model training retains the prosody and turn-taking in a voice exchange to reveal uncompressed intent that a frontier model needs,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

But funding a nongambler’s entrance into the gambling world as a kind of comedic protagonist not only puts the writer at risk but also flattens the seriousness of the story’s subject.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

Sometimes it flattens the experience into palatable passive consumption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Peeta unties the cord and flattens out the circle of silk.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said about 2,000 residents had been displaced by the operation, which has led to at least one whole street appearing to have been flattened, according to footage shared online.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

With its short fur and broad, flattened tail, Megacauda sungei would have looked somewhat like a modern otter, beaver, or platypus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 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

Treasury yields edged higher and the curve flattened as markets priced in a more hawkish Fed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In the name of curiosity, people knocked down fences, flattened peppermint beds, even climbed in David’s windows.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“We seem to have exited the bull steepening of the past two years and may be heading for bear flattening, where yields rise and spreads compress,” it says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Since then, the yield curve has been flattening.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Treating scientific opinion as simply “for” or “against” risks flattening these important distinctions.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Netscape was a huge flattening force for several reasons.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman