flatten
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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
Gartner earlier projected that by the end of 2026, one in five organizations will use AI to flatten their structure, eliminating more than half of their current middle-management positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Its crimson eyes almost glow with hunger and its pupils flatten in anger.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
The challenge will be convincing investors to finance these huge projects as oil demand flattens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like VIX, it is not as bullish as it could be: The term structure of the VIX futures rises in the front end of the curve but then flattens out.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
Sometimes it flattens the experience into palatable passive consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
But this approach effectively flattens the data - anything above 500 is treated the same on official monitors, even if the real concentration is far higher.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025
But the cat just narrows his eyes, flattens his one ear, and hisses back at me.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
Footage shared online appeared to show one street being completely flattened by bulldozers.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 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
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
So he gripped the ridge of the scales and flattened himself against the dragon’s back, and with great gusts of wind buffeting at his ears, they rose together.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
“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
At first, the flattening yield curve appeared to be contributing to the sector’s weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
City plans call for flattening a downtown convention center, a crumbling church and several nearby buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
While economics and the flattening of the world have pushed Reuters down this path, Glocer has tried to make a virtue of necessity.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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