smoothen
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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ANZ’s Nim expects the RBI to continue to smoothen the rupee’s decline without stepping in aggressively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Kenya's government spokesperson, Isaac Maigua Mwaura, admitted to the BBC that the ETA had "teething problems" but said that they will "smoothen with time".
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
Schaffner said he expects some of the wrinkles in the rollout to smoothen out over time.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
Wickremesinghe has set a goal of finalising debt talks by September, which, if successful, would smoothen the release of a second tranche of IMF funding due by October.
From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2023
The conventionalizations which persist are the resultant of experiments and experience as to the devices by which to soften and smoothen the details of life.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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