smooth out
Example Sentences
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It adds barrels to a tight prompt-month market, helps smooth out price spikes and “it buys time,” Liu said.
From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026
The answer is, while you can smooth out the wrinkles on an actor’s face, it’s still a 76-year-old man’s body attempting to move like a 36-year-old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Other reports obtained by The Times describe federal cleanup workers, on multiple occasions, using ash-contaminated soil to backfill holes and smooth out uneven portions of fire-destroyed properties in the Palisades burn scar.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025
"Subsequent CPI's will likely smooth out the statistical errors that might have been present in today's report."
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Gently, I smooth out the strands that stick up in the air.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
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