evened

verb

past tense of even
1
as in smoothed
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps even the filling before adding the top layer of the cake

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2
as in balanced
to make equal in amount, degree, or status the contention that producing more arms will even us with the enemy and therefore make us more secure

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Recent Examples of evened Chelsea Green crawled from under the ring and evened the odds. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026 The Brooklynites evened the playoff ledger in the 2024 semifinals. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 30 June 2026 Matthews hit a 434-foot blast to center field — his second homer of the series — as Houston evened the score at 4. — Kansas City Star, 14 June 2026 Bridget Fivek evened the score early in the third quarter, and that score held for nearly five minutes until Nora Connerty buried a go-ahead goal for the Cougars. — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 11 June 2026 Australia evened the match in the 55th when Egypt defender Mohamed Hany became the first player to score two own-goals in the same World Cup. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 The Padres evened the score with a Gavin Sheets’ solo home run off Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who’d go on to limit the Padres to two runs through six innings. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026 Turkey evened it in the 10th minute with an excellent two-man game from Baris Alper Yilmaz and Güler, the 21-year-old Real Madrid rising star. — Greg Beacham, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 Willi Castro continued his hot streak with two RBIs and TJ Rumfield hit a two-run home run as the Colorado Rockies evened their series against the Chicago Cubs with a 5-2 win Tuesday. — CBS News, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evened
  1. smoothed
  2. balanced
  3. adjusted
  4. equated
  5. equalized
Verb
  • The hair at the crown is smoothed back but not slick—in fact, there’s a decent amount of volume up top—with virtually no visible part.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 2 July 2026
  • The standout attachment for me is the large round barrel brush, which smoothed my hair with ease and didn’t tug or snag it along the way.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Definition of smoothed
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  • Heuer’s attorney, Erick Kaardal, argued that privacy concerns could be balanced with the public’s right to access government records by redacting identifying or sensitive information on the forms.
    — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Saving for retirement is an overarching goal for most investors but may need to be balanced against near-term goals, such as saving for a down payment on a house or for education needs.
    — Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of balanced
Verb
  • The platform generates the complete plan behind it and flags when that plan needs to be adjusted based on progress and changing circumstances.
    — Desiree’ Stapleton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • On the ground floor are a golf simulator and a putting green that can be adjusted for uphill, downhill, and off-camber putts.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
Definition of adjusted
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  • What the rise of 'chalance' says about dating People have equated aloofness with coolness since long before the internet came around.
    — Charles Trepany, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • College football fans who equated NCAA rules to actual laws.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 22 June 2026
Definition of equated
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  • Belgium took an early lead in the 9th minute via Charles De Ketelaere, but the joint hosts equalized half an hour into the game, with Malik Tillman hammering home.
    — Lee Ying Shan,Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • But La Tri equalized seven minutes later, and then, in the seventy-seventh minute, Gonzalo Plata delivered salvation with a score that Ecuador fans will talk about forever.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 6 July 2026
Definition of equalized

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“Evened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evened. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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