flatten

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

A computer could then use the resulting scans to virtually flatten the tightly rolled sheets and expose the hidden writing.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

AI threatens to flatten India’s information-technology industry, one of the few reliable creators of middle-class jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

Dig up the vegetable garden, everything that was coming up, flatten it, and cover it with dead leaves.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

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

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

Sometimes it flattens the experience into palatable passive consumption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

Beijing will need to organise a stimulus package to account for the loss of whole percentage points of GDP, the kind of thing that happens when a natural disaster flattens a major city.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

She takes a piece of crumpled paper from her pocket and flattens it against her left palm.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

The cloud collapsed and flattened into a disk, eventually giving rise to the sun at its center and the planets that formed around it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 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

Adria had a soft spot for turtles too, but I was surprised when she ran into the empty street and picked up the flattened thing.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

“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

The quake caused widespread damage in the sweltering southwestern region, flattening homes, damaging bridges, triggering fires and leaving many without electricity and water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

“I am still figuring out the logistics of interacting with physical things,” Marco says, flattening the raven’s wings and letting it limp down the length of his arm.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern