flatter

Example Sentences

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Contemporary newspapers published flattering portraits apparently written by publicists on Dillon’s dime.

From The Wall Street Journal

Real GDP was likely also flattered by statistical effects like a low base and weak deflators, DBS’s economic team said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The term structures of both the VIX futures and of the Cboe volatility indices have continued to slope upwards, although they are much flatter than they have been in quite a while.

From MarketWatch

And I don’t need to be flattered, I really don’t.

From Los Angeles Times

As the blast expanded and encountered material surrounding the star, the shape grew flatter, although the axis of symmetry stayed consistent.

From Science Daily