flatten

Example Sentences

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But the real solution is to flatten the org chart, cut some layers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

But that doesn’t necessarily flatten one more than the other.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

Council workers then flatten the huge mounds of sand to create an inland beach, ready for the first games on Friday.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

These images feel like little worlds pressed up against the surface of each painting, akin to the ubiquitous screens — phones, TVs, computers — that routinely flatten our reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Dig up the vegetable garden, everything that was coming up, flatten it, and cover it with dead leaves.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien