straightens (up or out)

present tense third-person singular of straighten (up or out)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straightens (up or out)
Verb
  • At the same time, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is among those who forecast 50% of entry-level jobs may be wiped out by AI as the technology improves, including being able to work eight-hour shifts without a break.
    Trevor Laurence Jockims, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Maria’s relationship with Sylvia improves, as well as with the deputy head Sam (Jacob Anderson, completely unrecognizable from his Game of Thrones era), with whom Maria used to be in a romantic relationship.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Skip the pricey groomer visits and messy bathroom trims with this Labor Day deal.
    Jessie Quinn, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The move trims the quarterback room down to four players, including Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, at the atomic scale, gold behaves in ways that are far more valuable to science than to fashion.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In dog stories, a dog gives unbounded love and is the best possible friend and behaves heroically—and then the dog dies.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Straightens (up or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straightens%20%28up%20or%20out%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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