1
as in to smooth
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps
flattened out the wrinkled paper before attempting to trace the pattern
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as in to bury
to defeat by a large margin
if you don't understand the rules, you're going to get flattened when you try to play
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Recent Examples of flatten
Inside a courthouse in New Hampshire, a pair of agents tackled a Venezuelan man outside an elevator, flattening an older man with a cane in the process.
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Gene Johnson and Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
What to watch: KeyBanc downgraded Microsoft to sector weight from overweight earlier in April ahead of the report, highlighting a few risks such as flattening cloud demand and a tricky AI landscape.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
Divide the batter evenly among the paper liners, using the back of a spoon to flatten out the tops.
—Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 25 Apr. 2025
There are options to manage this uncertainty so these changes don’t flatten your business.
—Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Gene Johnson and Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
What to watch: KeyBanc downgraded Microsoft to sector weight from overweight earlier in April ahead of the report, highlighting a few risks such as flattening cloud demand and a tricky AI landscape.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Apr. 2025
Divide the batter evenly among the paper liners, using the back of a spoon to flatten out the tops.
—Jennifer Shanker, Flow Space, 25 Apr. 2025
There are options to manage this uncertainty so these changes don’t flatten your business.
—Micah Logan, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flatten
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The Red Sox may be hoping a similar meeting in Kansas City can smooth things over with their star player.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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Her super long ponytail, which was teased and smoothed with Tangle Teezer’s Ultimate Detangler Chrome, is not-so-rudely interrupted by tiers of bulbous rings of red hair.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 May 2025
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Prominent government leaders like John F. Kennedy and Thurgood Marshall, as well as famous women including Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Grace Hopper, are buried here, too.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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Here in Paris, he is technically buried on American soil: earth from the Battle of Bunker Hill.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Even before the latest crackdown, Florida Decides Healthcare and every other Florida initiative campaign had to overcome immense hurdles.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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The situation can be complicated further when a patient is navigating an unfamiliar medical system, has to overcome a language barrier, or takes a flight soon after an operation.—
Parizaad Khan Sethi,
Allure,
2 May 2025
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This felt like a culmination of different ideas that had slowly come together throughout the previous six games, with different bits being taken from each and all thrown together at Wembley.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Another star for Crespi was sophomore Mikey Martinez, who threw 3 2/3 innings of stellar relief.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2025
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Instead, as Gauff belied her recent struggles on her forehand side by whipping the ball up and down into the court and out of her opponent’s easy reach time and again, Świątek looked adrift.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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After the animal snapped and whipped its tail, Dragich wrangled the gator onto the shoulder of the highway.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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This feud would come to an end on an episode of Monday Night Raw in August 2023 when Owens power bombed Ezekiel onto the ring apron, causing him to be stretchered backstage.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
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President Donald Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday that the United States would stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, insisting that the rebel group had agreed to stop attacking U.S. ships in the Red Sea.—
Michelle Stoddart,
ABC News,
6 May 2025
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The secretive country's leader, Kim Jong-Un, said last year that Pyongyang would use nuclear weapons to annihilate South Korea if Seoul launched an attack north of the border.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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In the beginning, the Universe was very dense and hot, and particles of matter and antimatter interacted, annihilating each other, notes Vaudo.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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The song only encompasses a few lyrics, which were written by Black and director Jared Hess, where his character sings about his admiration for chicken smothered in hot lava.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Apr. 2025
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Jeff Bezos smothers the editorial mission of the Washington Post, and Amazon commissions a forty-million-dollar documentary about the First Lady.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Flatten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flatten. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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