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flat

[flat] / flæt /






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The set includes maverick detective Carl Morck's New Town flat.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

In July, consumer spending rose a meager 0.2%, and it was flat after taking inflation into account.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

While the German plan fell flat, some countries, including France and Poland, already tax artificially-sweetened beverages.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

In nature, there are compounds that are able to hook up with flat proteins like RAS by first latching onto a “helper” protein inside of human cells.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

The second time I was canoeing down a flat, winding river that cuts through the woods like a sluggish snake.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

Munich's Allianz Arena is sculpted by thousands of diamond-shaped inflatable cushions, while Sydney's similarly-named Allianz Stadium has a flatter façade smoothed with long bronze fins.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Favorable base effects should flatter retail sales although the boost from the government’s consumer-goods trade-in program is fading, Goldman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Leavitt, by never failing to placate, flatter and worship her boss, has displayed a singular and decisive pathway, although not a very original one, to political success.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The pod-like leaf called a spathe is slightly rounder and paler than the darker, flatter blades of seagrass.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

The river moved rapidly back into flatter country, swamps, lakes, and the first thing that happened was the bottom turned to mud.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen

So instead, I've just defaulted to the flattest toppings vehicle I know — the tortilla.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2023

With the help of his wife, he printed the fish from a bottom-angled perspective to highlight the cut belly, which is more complex than the traditional technique of printing the flattest side of the fish.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2023

“My first thought was to get some good hiking shoes, I guess because I thought I was going to Switzerland. And then I showed up in literally the flattest place I ever lived.”

From New York Times Jun. 19, 2023

Then again, skipper Stokes has proved to be a conjuror of 20 wickets on even the flattest pitches.

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

“Sounds epic,” I said in my flattest monotone.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

Caltrans officials are recommending that this section of roadway be flatted out to some extent, Mihranian said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2024

“I was shocked, but not heartbroken. Heartbreak has already flatted my self-esteem that past year,” she writes.

From Seattle Times Jun. 1, 2022

A sign outside a Methodist Church near Mayfield captured the powerlessness many here felt in surveying what just a few days ago were busy towns, now flatted and twisted beyond easy identification.

From Washington Post Dec. 12, 2021

Over the past fortnight, anyone brave enough to stand in Raonic's firing line has been flatted by a series of 140 mph missiles.

From Reuters Jul. 9, 2016

So any scale with a flatted third and seventh can be called a Dorian scale.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

“We’re talking today about flatting the curve,” Monaco said.

From Washington Post Apr. 16, 2020

Uneven spray patterns give you an uneven distribution of the flatting agent, which shows up as a very subtle variation in the sheen and doesn’t look good on a large table.

From New York Times Mar. 29, 2012

Last week, his 358th week in the presidency, he ran through the part of just plain Harry without missing a cue or flatting a tone.

From Time Magazine Archive

Outwardly innocent, Santana's instrumental solos are long-lined and full of musical guile, bending, flatting and sharping with something of the intricacy of Oriental music.

From Time Magazine Archive

She turned her back I went around in front of her the rain creeping into the mud flatting her bodice through her dress it smelled horrible.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner




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