uncrumples

verb

present tense third-person singular of uncrumple
as in irons out

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  1. flattens
  2. smooths
  3. straightens
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  • Japanese is a high-context language, meaning that more can be conveyed with less; an English translation naturally bloats the word count and flattens the cultural context.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • Franklyn-Miller is certainly pretty, serving as a fine face for this story, but the screenplay (by Erwin, Diederik Hoogstraten and Tom Provost) flattens his character into a basic cookie-cutter hero.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Definition of flattens
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  • The wide straps offer support, while compression seaming on the waist and back smooths the torso.
    — Alexandra Malmed, InStyle, 16 July 2026
  • Pritzker—a white guy currently cruising to reëlection with high marks for handling infrastructure and education—smooths those wrinkles.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Definition of smooths
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  • Farther west, past the point where the road straightens and the sky takes over, White Dog Hill Restaurant and Beany Bar sits in a 1925 sandstone building in Clinton that used to be the country club.
    — Heide Brandes, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026
  • Multi-Styler dries and straightens curly hair in minutes without multiple passes.
    — Essence Wiley, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of straightens
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