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Regarding artificial intelligence, Slok notes that adoption rates are flattening out and that, outside of this tech subsector, U.S. corporate capital expenditures are not growing at all.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Declines in test positivity and hospitalization are flattening, hinting at a possible reversal.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2022

These characterizations are flattening, but Otsuka is always poetic too: “Last night I dreamed I had a splinter in my eye,” says one character.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2022

But such bets are proliferating almost everywhere, rate-sensitive short-dated bond yields are rising and bond curves are flattening -- the U.S. 2-10 curve for instance has flattened 12 bps in a week.

From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2021

The musical results of bad breathing are flattening and a hurrying of the time; hence the importance of the matter.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by Curwen, John Spencer