as in to straighten (out)
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To be clear, some of the legalese will take time to iron out, because Mercury will go retrograde on February 26.
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Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of investing resources to manufacture magnets to the precision to make a stellarator, Thea Energy can rapidly iterate its magnet designs and work on the software to iron out the kinks.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The process took a few weeks to iron out the details.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
Ideally, taxpayers should try to iron out these issues now, before brokers are required to report the basis, and that may require speaking to a qualified tax professional.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
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Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Jan. 2026
Instead of investing resources to manufacture magnets to the precision to make a stellarator, Thea Energy can rapidly iterate its magnet designs and work on the software to iron out the kinks.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 Dec. 2025
The process took a few weeks to iron out the details.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 24 Nov. 2025
Ideally, taxpayers should try to iron out these issues now, before brokers are required to report the basis, and that may require speaking to a qualified tax professional.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for iron out
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“Iron out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/iron%20out. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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