iron out
verb
ironed out; ironing out; irons out
1
: to make smooth or flat by or as if by pressing
2
: to resolve or work out a solution to
ironed out their differences
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Hallucinations are still there, but have been minimized—most of the subjects have the correct amount of fingers, and their body language can pass as human—rubbery limbs and grotesque oddities have been largely ironed out.
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Tuesday’s vote will lead to further negotiations with the NFL Players Assn., the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and national governing bodies to iron out more details about the sport’s safety measures and schedule.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
States that have passed mandatory ISA laws have given themselves around a year before enacting the law in order to iron out the specifics around how the devices will be used.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
There are still issues to iron out before robots relying on this kind of seamless body-environment dynamics make it out of the early research phase, though.
—ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025
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Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Tuesday’s vote will lead to further negotiations with the NFL Players Assn., the International Federation of American Football (IFAF) and national governing bodies to iron out more details about the sport’s safety measures and schedule.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
States that have passed mandatory ISA laws have given themselves around a year before enacting the law in order to iron out the specifics around how the devices will be used.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 May 2025
There are still issues to iron out before robots relying on this kind of seamless body-environment dynamics make it out of the early research phase, though.
—ArsTechnica, 13 May 2025
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/iron%20out. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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