as in to straighten (out)
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Recent Examples of iron out
That includes their colleagues who design the factories that build the cars that GM sells to customers—digital twins of new assembly lines are created well in advance of any actual hardware being installed to iron out the bugs.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
At Cambridge, students began in 1837 to iron out some of the modern-day rules.
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Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
With the June 15 budget deadline and July 1 Workforce Pell implementation date around the corner, state agencies and legislators will have to move fast to iron out their plans and create the scaffolding necessary to support the new program.
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Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu’s factions were due to meet on Sunday to iron out differences, but representatives for Kılıçdaroğlu wrote to Ankara’s police seeking intervention.
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Chad De Guzman,
Time,
25 May 2026
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Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 June 2026
At Cambridge, students began in 1837 to iron out some of the modern-day rules.
—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
With the June 15 budget deadline and July 1 Workforce Pell implementation date around the corner, state agencies and legislators will have to move fast to iron out their plans and create the scaffolding necessary to support the new program.
—
Tarini Mehta,
Sacbee.com,
27 May 2026
Özel and Kılıçdaroğlu’s factions were due to meet on Sunday to iron out differences, but representatives for Kılıçdaroğlu wrote to Ankara’s police seeking intervention.
—
Chad De Guzman,
Time,
25 May 2026
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iron%20out. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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