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Unlike the smooth, round objects often used in computer simulations, real asteroids have uneven surfaces and irregular shapes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

Rooney's move to broadcasting after a stellar playing career - followed by a testing stint as a manager - has not always been smooth.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

They also depicted James’s life as smooth and sunny, despite his obsession with things that go bump in the night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching a “strike force” of state government workers to help reduce bureaucratic delays and smooth the way for the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Betsie’s finger traced a pattern on the wooden sink worn smooth by generations of ten Booms.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

It has made their permits and approvals strictly a state business, hoping to offer developers a smoother ride and to attract jobs and a larger tax base.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Controller in hand, the game also feels much smoother.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

This pattern is consistent with a smoother progression into deeper stages of sleep.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

International licensing agreements make the process of marketing and distributing drugs easier and can help Chinese firms conduct clinical trials outside of China, which typically leads to smoother FDA approval.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Jets like the T-33 are smoother and quieter than prop planes, and more fun to fly.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

Glass scientists who worked on developing the smoothest and lightest smartphone displays are now also spending time on specialized glass for packaging advanced AI processing chips, according to industry executives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 1, 2026

Your Party has not got off to the smoothest of starts.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Turner’s Philadelphia tenure didn’t get off to the smoothest start.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025

They came where the stone was smoothest: scratches, lines, curves, and strikes.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The company’s overall net sales were up 7.6% on a constant-currency basis, which smooths out the impact of foreign-currency fluctuations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

These include having software that smooths out rapid acceleration, adding sound systems and subtle seat vibrations to signal to passengers that the car is moving, and offering adaptive regenerative braking that reduces sudden deceleration.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The dynamism of the singing and dancing smooths out some of the adaptation’s rough edges.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

It smooths out the noise and highlights the true character of the stock.

From Barron's ● Dec. 4, 2025

It would inflate the balloon with a huge burst of power, smoothing out the lumpiness of the universe in the same way a breath of air smooths out the wrinkles of a balloon.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

“I apologize,”he said, adding he and the reporter smoothed things over and ultimately engaged in a “great” conversation about the series.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

"I've also got hard skin on my hands and that had also been smoothed over."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

On the eighth hole, I rolled my 6-foot par putt over a pile of sheep manure smoothed over by my right foot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The report may have smoothed over some frayed nerves about artificial intelligence coming for jobs.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

I smoothed her hair and she calmed after squeezing my finger with one of her tight curls.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

That was a big step toward smoothing the enrollment process, but the accounts still need to be claimed by parents to manage them and to allow family members, friends and employers to contribute.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Team boss Frederic Vasseur, who said he would talk to the drivers before discussing this in the media, has some smoothing out to do before this weekend's race in Madrid.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Increasingly, luxury resorts and lodges are smoothing the learning curve, pairing upscale accommodations with fully outfitted excursions that take care of the logistics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

During the album’s rollout, the pop star’s visage was perfected with the help of some uncanny AI smoothing, while her accompanying “Confessions II” short film featured a team of AI artists in the credits.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

She runs her hand along the quilt, smoothing the space between herself and Axel.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers