flatten
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James C. Scott called this legibility, the way institutions flatten complicated people into categories they can manage.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
The researchers found that rift flanks begin to flatten relatively quickly once tectonic movement ends.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Inside, a high-powered laser fires bursts of light to flatten and vaporize tiny drops of molten tin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 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
Harry scrambled around, threw himself forward, and managed to flatten it.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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
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
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
As I reload, Brutus flattens on the ground, rolls the few feet to the water, and submerges.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
To build an airport, the Navy flattened a mountain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If you haven’t been following the controversy, Wilson felt that Nolan had flattened the saga by mostly erasing the Greek gods and Odysseus’ wit, lust and thorny contradictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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
Once abundant along Ghana's shores, esene, or guitarfish -- with the flattened body of a ray and the tail of a shark -- have become increasingly difficult to find.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chester flattened his ears, wiggled his rear end and smiled in anticipation.
From "Bunnicula" by Deborah Howe and James Howe
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
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
At this stage, the flattening appears to reflect a market that believes policy is not restrictive enough to bring inflation back to target, rather than a market focused primarily on slowing growth.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy instructed senior leadership teams to increase the ratio of staff to managers by at least 15%, flattening organizational layers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
Netscape was a huge flattening force for several reasons.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
