flatten
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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
James C. Scott called this legibility, the way institutions flatten complicated people into categories they can manage.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 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
The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
She threw herself backward against the elevator’s side wall, standing on tiptoe and trying to flatten herself so they couldn’t see her.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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
But funding a nongambler’s entrance into the gambling world as a kind of comedic protagonist not only puts the writer at risk but also flattens the seriousness of the story’s subject.
From Slate ● May 5, 2026
Sometimes it flattens the experience into palatable passive consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
She flattens her hands on her waist-sash as if she's nursing a stomachache.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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
With the sun breaking through and a drying wind, the wicket flattened out and batting seemed to be becoming easier than on day one.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
To build an airport, the Navy flattened a mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Velia patted her shirt pocket with a flattened hand.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
At first, the flattening yield curve appeared to be contributing to the sector’s weakness.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The driverless tractor with spiked steel wheels will run over a programmed course, flattening newly spread trash to create space to bury more garbage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Treating scientific opinion as simply “for” or “against” risks flattening these important distinctions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
To some, it may feel like Araki is flattening complex social mores and misunderstanding the anxieties behind this era of semi-celibacy.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
Pebble howls, diving out of a bush and flattening Sand.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
