flat

Example Sentences

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U.S. stock futures were broadly flat as President Trump’s deadline to reach a truce with Iran quickly approaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate was flat at $111.61 a barrel and North Sea Brent crude gained 1.2 percent to $110.35.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The researchers found that the effect is more than 1,500 times stronger compared to a flat layer of the same material.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

But against Texas, a team that had dominated them during the regular season, the Bruins did all the counting as the Longhorns lay flat on their backs during an eventual knockout.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

The snowy land was ever so flat and uninspiring and went on forever without a glimmer of adventure beckoning over the horizon.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el