smooth out

Example Sentences

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It adds barrels to a tight prompt-month market, helps smooth out price spikes and “it buys time,” Liu said.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

I’m there to smooth out all of the snags that sometimes occur when nobody’s in charge.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

One tool he is using is buffered exchange-traded funds, which seek to smooth out market swings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

"Subsequent CPI's will likely smooth out the statistical errors that might have been present in today's report."

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

In time he confidently expected all the trouble would smooth out by itself... if only the soldiers and the inhabitants did not get to quarreling.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes