flatten

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The curve’s bear flattening is already hurting financial institutions, which rely on borrowing at short-term rates to lend at long-term rates, and retirement-age investors who held the 2-year Treasury note because of its cash-like qualities.

From MarketWatch

Moderate relief is in sight this weekend, however, when forecasters predict the powerful high pressure system will start to flatten out, bringing a gradual drop in temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times

I flattened it out as best I could, pushing it down, tugging the sweater around my waist, but there was no real concealing it beneath the thin cotton dress.

From Literature

The flattening “is clearly an indication of the market’s more guarded outlook for Fed policy, and raises the concern of stagflation,” said Gary Schlossberg, a global strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute in San Francisco.

From MarketWatch

Moderate relief is in sight this weekend, when forecasters predict the powerful high pressure system will start to flatten out, bringing a gradual dip in temperatures.

From Los Angeles Times