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even out

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verb

  1. (adverb) to make or become even, as by the removal of bumps, inequalities, etc

    the land evens out beyond that rise

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Why concussions are up this year is still a mystery, and perhaps it will even out as the season goes on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

My colleague Megan Leonhardt writes that while the CPI may have hit its peak in this latest reading, and gas prices are beginning to even out, that doesn’t mean things are easing anytime soon.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

The agency expects those numbers of even out as more people collect all their records and tax forms.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

When warmer particles interact with cooler ones, energy and momentum are gradually shared until temperatures even out across the system.

From Science Daily • Jan. 7, 2026

Sometimes, when I arrived on the weekend, she wasn’t even out of bed.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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