flattened

Example Sentences

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Five days after powerful back-to-back quakes flattened entire neighborhoods of multi-story buildings in the coastal state of La Guaira, hopes of finding survivors are fading.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

Business investment flattened in real terms immediately after 2016, and notably underperformed various measures of UK long term-trends and comparisons with other countries.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Today you are told that you are just a citizen of the world, that we all buy stuff from the same national retailers that are part of a big antiseptic, flattened culture.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2026

Since the draft lottery odds were flattened in 2019, the team with the worst overall record has not once lucked into the No. 1 overall pick.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Under the sole of his shoe, he felt the crunch-squish of a flattened M&M.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold