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Relying on AI too early in the creative cycle can prevent beginners from finding their unique point of view, he said, since AI can often flatten distinct voices into generic storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 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 girl with the frizzy curls licked her finger and slid it across a few strands on her forehead to flatten them down.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
The shape of the yield curve is a major driver – when it flattens, it tends to indicate 10-year yields will drop.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
Sometimes it flattens the experience into palatable passive consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
“When this ratio flattens, it suggests a potential balancing of labor supply and demand,” Jefferson said, according to a published text of his remarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
His voice flattens, his words become stripped back.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
She flattens her hands on her waist-sash as if she's nursing a stomachache.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
Around 2010, however, that long-running trend unexpectedly flattened.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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
It’s the austerity era, with flattened hierarchies and more work left to middle managers who remain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
When it’s nearly time for Rosie’s act, I sneak into the big top and stand flattened against a section of seats.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
“Concerns over AI-related stocks and rising energy prices have driven a rotation into bonds, lowering long-end yields and flattening the curve,” the chief U.S. dollar and euro rates strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The added scattering produced by these interactions is responsible for the characteristic flattening and eventual increase in electrical resistance.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 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
“Bond markets stabilize with curves flattening amid lower long-end yields,” the rates strategist says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
In the last photograph, a bulldozer razed the dirt to even the terrain, flattening the landscape like a popped bubble.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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