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Recent Examples of flatten For as much as Anderson’s films call for his actors to flatten their delivery, his first foray into stop-motion animation picked up the pace considerably, and Clooney zips right along with his character’s fast-talking schemes. Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025 In the past few months, supply costs surged while sales flattened. Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025 Seeing babies torched so badly their faces are flattened boils the blood. Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 11 June 2025 Video recorded at the scene by WSOC shows the lemonade stand was flattened, and the vehicle came to rest in a front yard with damage to its front and back ends. Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for flatten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatten
Verb
  • According to Richie, her new chop was a result of hair damage from keratin treatments, which uses chemicals to smooth frizzy or curly hair.
    Bella Cacciatore, Glamour, 27 June 2025
  • Offering a civic-minded channel devoted to displaying democracy in action helped smooth the path for the pay TV industry’s expansion.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Meanwhile, every attempt to create ethical walls and accountability at PURA have been quietly buried by those who benefit from the dysfunction.
    Timothy M. Herbst, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2025
  • Where power lines are buried, flooding can also cause issues.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2025
Verb
  • There can be ways to overcome the objections of the people who are concerned that new technology will make their jobs obsolete.
    Edward Segal, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
  • Others tolerate challenging growing conditions, like heat and drought, or were bred to overcome common problems such as heavy soil.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • However, if Lillard is planning to sign with a team this year and wants to land more than the minimum, that throws a wrench into the larger free-agent landscape.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • And most recently, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went so far as to throw cold water on the entire higher education system, saying college is no longer needed to land a role in the current market.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • The comet will also whip by Mars on October 2 at 18 million miles (30 million kilometers) from the red planet.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
  • An Italian meringue involves carefully and slowly drizzling a hot sugar syrup into egg whites while whipping them.
    Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Trump said military pilots who successfully bombed Iran will be guests for a flyover of military planes during the patriotic ceremony.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 July 2025
  • The Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran in June concluded shortly after the United States intervened by bombing Iranian nuclear sites with 30,000-pound bunker busters dropped by strategic B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Verb
  • But for Kendrick to annihilate a name that big and then write a song that became a huge hit and then perform at halftime?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 22 May 2025
  • The region has been on edge for the past two years as Israel seeks to annihilate the Hamas group, an Iranian ally, in the Gaza Strip, where war still rages after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel.
    Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025
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  • The Bulls have already tried to deal Vučević to the Warriors once in a trade deadline deal that was smothered, in part, by the Jimmy Butler move with the Miami Heat.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Temperatures have skyrocketed over recent days as a dangerous heat dome has smothered the northeast.
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025

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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatten. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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