FLATTENING Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

flattening

verb

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present participle of flatten

as in smoothing

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 whipping

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 flattening Looking instead at velocity to see not how far, but how fast obesity is rising — or not — revealed rates that continue to climb in most low- and middle-income countries, but are flattening in most high-income countries and possibly declining in a few of those more prosperous places. —

Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 May 2026 In cultural sectors, especially, over-optimization risks flattening meaning. —

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026 Early diagnoses make a significant difference in flattening the curve of Parkinson’s debilitating symptoms, as DTaC cofounder Derek Torry explained to us onsite. —

Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 1 May 2026 Researchers and academics should be raising the level of the policy debate, not flattening it. —

Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Castle Rock is trying to crack that old script open and replace it with a platform broad enough to hold both conversations without flattening either one. —

Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026 This news organization recently interviewed Poppe about PG&E’s status, including the new reality of bills flattening out or even falling. —

George Avalos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026 In a town of fewer than 2,000 people, a tornado carved through a heavily residential subdivision, flattening homes and scattering families. —

Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026 This would essentially be doubling down on flattening the odds, which was already tested in 2019 and empirically did not reduce tanking. —

Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 17 Apr. 2026

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Pour the filling into the unbaked pie crust, smoothing the top.

— Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 10 May 2026
It’s designed with side-smoothing panels, separated cups, and wide, adjustable straps.

— Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 10 May 2026