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irons out

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present tense third-person singular of iron out

as in clears (up)

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This week’s newsletter looks at why people are drinking less alcohol, how the world judges America and how many people use chatbots like a friend.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
That’s a hard sell in a market that judges most leaders on quarterly results.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

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Yamaha The base variant starts at INR 230,000, which works out to US$2,407.

— Yamaha, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
Steel Magnolias was also adapted from a play of the same name about the lives of a group of six women in a small Louisiana town, with Parton playing the role of a Truvy Jones, a hairdresser who works out of her home salon.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026

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Examples include an agent that suggests a Roth conversion without looking at the life situation—such as age or tax bracket—or a support agent that infers CSAT is high due to dropping call volumes but doesn’t know a major telecom system is down.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
So hopefully the audience infers certain things, and every now and again, Austin, as Jay, will chime in with a little bit of dialogue.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026

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Those things matter, but great corporate videography starts earlier, in the pre-phase, the exploratory phase, when the production team figures out what the client is really trying to accomplish.

— Tavares Beverly, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Deborah arrives for her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and figures out how to escape their shadow while also building her own legacy.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of figures out

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She is involved in a bus accident that results in a fatality and, with the crusading passion that so many people felt after 9/11, decides to get involved as a witness and truth-teller.

— Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The Oconomowoc Area School District will align its decision on Flock cameras with whatever the City of Oconomowoc decides regarding its own use of the cameras.

— Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026

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