flatten

Example Sentences

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It’s whether it can do so without flattening a system that depends as much on trust and taste as it does on data.

From Los Angeles Times

Research suggests that pills which flatten the natural ebb and flow of fertility can dampen shifts in attraction that typically occur across the menstrual cycle, potentially altering initial mate choice.

From BBC

At another tunnel entrance, rock and soil has been pushed back and flattened.

From BBC

She held the flattened sandwich bag by two fingers, as if it were something rotten.

From Literature

Kupp scored the winning touchdown with less than two minutes remaining -- just moments after he had been flattened by a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit.

From Barron's