level out
phrasal verb
leveled out or levelled out; leveling out or levelling out; levels out
: to stop going up or down
Divorce rates are leveling out for the first time in decades.
My moods have leveled out.
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The trail gradually ascends the hillside before leveling out.
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
As for women who reached the higher step thresholds, cardiovascular disease risk leveled out.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Frequently, an ascending complex melody will level out into a single, insistent note; tempos accelerate and then accelerate again; her singers give up on words to wail like Klaxons.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Is that a fluke that will level out over time?
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025
As for women who reached the higher step thresholds, cardiovascular disease risk leveled out.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Frequently, an ascending complex melody will level out into a single, insistent note; tempos accelerate and then accelerate again; her singers give up on words to wail like Klaxons.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Is that a fluke that will level out over time?
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for level out
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“Level out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20out. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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