smooth
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The Gordie Howe bridge was conceived to smooth the flow of trade across the border.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Where the researchers expected to see a smooth spectrum produced by light reflecting from dust, they instead found a pattern of peaks and dips.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
The show grew so popular that it spawned a whole genre of smooth and sexy music, exemplified by artists like Anita Baker and Luther Vandross.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
Under Simon’s direction, the presentation is smooth and professional, though the ensemble reflects different levels of experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Beneath them, smooth stone tiles lined the floor.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
By making smart money choices now, young people may pave a smoother road toward financial security and independence in the future.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Geerlings believes Rotterdam's port authority genuinely wants to change and is building the infrastructure for a smoother transition.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
The irony is that no one at this World Cup seemed to have a smoother road to the final than Argentina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Arabica, the smoother bean used in many premium coffees, was also hurt by Brazil’s weather problems.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
The left fork looks smoother, flatter, like the kinda thing you should be rolling carts over.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Heidi Alexander and Apostolos Tzitzikostas agreed to "work together with aim for smoothest possible EES checks ahead of the busy summer period", the UK government said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Blue Owl’s future will depend on whether Ostrover and Lipschultz, two of Wall Street’s smoothest salesmen, can assuage concerns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
But it hasn’t always been the smoothest ride.
From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025
Turner’s Philadelphia tenure didn’t get off to the smoothest start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
She and Mom don’t have the smoothest relationship, but I figured Camille was proud of her, at least.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
The dynamism of the singing and dancing smooths out some of the adaptation’s rough edges.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
This layer smooths the input data before calculating changes, avoiding the instability caused by traditional methods.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
The surge in deductions temporarily pushes corporate tax payments down, before the pattern smooths and corporate tax revenues stabilize over time.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
It removes friction, smooths edges, and hands you the answer before you’ve had a chance to reach for it yourself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
Mutti smooths Helmuth's hair into place and touches his cheek.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Her overseas posting and relocation were smoothed by $1.2 million in perks, covering housing-related costs, lease termination, tuition, tax prep and other benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Ahead of the opening arguments, Rinderknecht smoothed back his hair and his lawyer helped adjust his tie, before giving him a pat on the back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
The report may have smoothed over some frayed nerves about artificial intelligence coming for jobs.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026
But they smoothed over the tensions during Petro's visit to the White House in February.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The sunken floor was inlaid with massive slabs of ice that had been smoothed into a seamless surface.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
During the album’s rollout, the pop star’s visage was perfected with the help of some uncanny AI smoothing, while her accompanying “Confessions II” short film featured a team of AI artists in the credits.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
It can work for some people who prefer the “pull off the Band-Aid approach,” but for most, smoothing out the tax consequences works best.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
The visit was officially meant to celebrate transatlantic ties as the United States marks its 250th anniversary of independence from Britain, but much of Charles's time has been spent smoothing over tensions over Iran.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Finds included bone pegs for stretching vellum as it dried, and tools such as knives and pumice stones for scraping and smoothing animal hides.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026
She carefully slid the straps over his wings, smoothing his feathers down when she snapped the chest strap.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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