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Free chips briefly flatten the distinction between the appetizers-and-drinks family and the entrées-and-water family.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 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

Although long-term agreements from memory companies and a redesign of AI chips to address memory constraints “could flatten the amplitude of the cycle,” Moore said those factors should increase the duration of the memory boom.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026

I’d slide this awful story off my shoulders, flatten it, sketch out our crimes like a failed battle plan and shake it in the faces of my neighbors, who are wary of me already.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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

“When this ratio flattens, it suggests a potential balancing of labor supply and demand,” Jefferson said, according to a published text of his remarks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

Over and over again, this documentary makes the point that the screen flattens people’s full humanity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2025

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

Before I can say anything, William stands up, takes his hat off and flattens down his hair.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Footage shared online appeared to show one street being completely flattened by bulldozers.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Around 2010, however, that long-running trend unexpectedly flattened.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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

Its fluffy coating of white feathers was flattened with salt spray, making it look—and smell— convincingly like a large white seabird, or the remains of one.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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

City plans call for flattening a downtown convention center, a crumbling church and several nearby buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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

To the east the land was lower, the ground flattening to a rolling plain that stretched away as far as the eye could see.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin