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Recent Examples of flatten The new study suggests that the ship probably sank from an explosion, which caused the shots stored near gunpowder to fly around and get flattened. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025 Transfer Dough to a sheet of plastic wrap; flatten into a disk, about 1 inch thick. Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2025 Mastery flattens when progress never feels enough. Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Viewing their actions and ideas strictly through a Cold War lens has oversimplified Korean hopes and ambitions and flattened the complexity of their post-liberation experience. Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flatten
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Verb
  • Remove pan from freezer, and pour ice cream mixture evenly over crust in pan, and smooth with an offset spatula.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Retinal is a more potent version of vitamin A and is more effective with smoothing fine lines and hyperpigmentation.
    Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Mountain View Fire Protection District and Boulder County sheriff’s deputies responded when neighbors reported the fire, and the cult members extinguished the blaze by burying it with dirt.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Paleontological excavations at this site have previously been fruitful, according to the study, with animals ranging from mollusks to iguanian lizards to dinosaur giants like titanosaurs discovered buried in the sediment.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But to restore the city’s community gathering place, Sunrise Mall must overcome a wary economy and consumers’ disinterest in brick-and-mortar retail.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In the 2023 season, however, the Panthers stunned the Eagles in a regional semifinal playoff game, overcoming a 10-point deficit in the final five minutes.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Mahomes also spoke about the Chiefs’ win, which was by far the best Kansas City has looked this season and marked the first time since 2023 that Mahomes threw four touchdowns in a game.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • González had sentenced four young men to prison for throwing Molotov cocktails at a police chief’s vehicle and at an intelligence officer’s house in the town of Encrucijada, where Ferrer’s family lives.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hakeem actually whipped his members to shut the government down.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Folding whipped topping gently into the pudding mixture keeps the filling fluffy and mousse-like.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Junta forces have bombed civilians in a bid to suppress rebellious provinces, killing thousands.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
  • If Smith had bombed and Wilson had flourished in Denver, the stakes could have been high for Schneider.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Oh, and stopping the Soviets from annihilating the world.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, Israel preserved its existence without annihilating vast opposition forces.
    ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, the Cowboys played Cover 2, and that look was smothered, so Love checked the ball down to running back Emanuel Wilson, who tried to make cornerback DaRon Bland miss with an inside move but was tackled for a loss of 1 with the clock running.
    Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Tight end Dalton Kincaid continues to be a steady target in the middle of the field, and the Buffalo defense has been just as dominant, smothering passing attacks and forcing timely turnovers.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatten. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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