flatten
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The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
"Water voles have got scent glands on their feet and they will stamp down on the poo and they'll flatten it around and that is them scent marking their territory."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
As demand for artificial intelligence skyrockets, AI companies have been grasping for solutions to flatten the steep cost curve of compute.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 18, 2026
Long-end Treasury yields declined more than short-end yields, causing the curve to flatten.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
Harry watched the grass flatten in patches all around the cabin and heard three pairs of feet retreating.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
"If you think about taking a bowl of pizza dough and setting it spinning above your head, it flattens out," she explained.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 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
Before I can say anything, William stands up, takes his hat off and flattens down his hair.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He pointed to a pile of litter and flattened cardboard boxes on the concrete ground where he said he was sleeping at night.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
We live saturated in opinion, reaction and digital noise, a culture that turns other people into content: flattened, accelerated, easy to dismiss.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
In “Neon Demon,” he shot Elle Fanning like a million bucks, but gave her the personality of a flattened penny.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Homes were demolished, chapels flattened and communities displaced in Port Talbot when Wales' first stretch of motorway was built at a cost of more than £5m.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The land has flattened into long hills like ocean swells and the wind has died down and the team runs well through the night while I stand on the back lost in hallucinations again.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
On June 24, the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes hit Caracas and the coastal state of La Guaira, flattening entire high-rise apartment blocks into layers of rubble.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
The bond market is not going to take any of this lightly, either, and the clearest sign of this would be a continued flattening of the yield curve.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Critics of the change say this risks flattening meaningful distinctions between religious identities, particularly for service members whose beliefs do not fall neatly into major denominational groupings.
From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026
A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would likely lead to a steepening of sovereign curves, whereas a renewed escalation could trigger more flattening, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
He glided on, flattening his tall, thin, black-cloaked body against the side of the building.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
