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straighten

[streyt-n] / ˈstreɪt n /


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She says every effort thereafter to straighten things out met the runaround.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 19, 2025

Or could the head of the country's supreme audit institution, another Socialist named Pierre Moscovici, help straighten the country's finances?

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

Should these innings be used to straighten out previously-successful relievers such as Treinen and Scott?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

“You want to straighten out the budget?” he asked.

From Salon • Aug. 28, 2025

Visualizing the problem in your head, you straighten the text, bold the faded equation, connect it to the page in the textbook.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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