smooth out
Example Sentences
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“We must smooth out corporate financing channels, and guide capital toward early-stage startups, smaller enterprises, long-term investments and core hard tech,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping told a science congress this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Inventories are the shock absorbers of the energy world: They smooth out the tension between the ups and downs of supply and the usually steady pace of demand.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026
I’m there to smooth out all of the snags that sometimes occur when nobody’s in charge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
The answer is, while you can smooth out the wrinkles on an actor’s face, it’s still a 76-year-old man’s body attempting to move like a 36-year-old.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Her hands were brown, darker than mine, and covered in faint wrinkles that made them look like paper bags someone had balled up and then tried to smooth out.
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
