flatness
Americannoun
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Carefully is a generous term here—the process is more like arranging a raw chicken on a baking pan for maximum flatness.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
To these students, who perceive A.I.’s banal flatness as a hallmark of good style, my new essays are not acceptable.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
Up on the balcony of one of the windmills, looking out at the impressive flatness of Holland, I get talking to Ishan from Canada.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2025
Its approach is evenhanded and cautiously admiring to the point of pedestrian flatness.
From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024
Kaede found the stone floor as comfortable as a feather bed after days of sleeping on lumpy ground, and she fell asleep so quickly she barely had time to enjoy the flatness beneath her back.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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