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
Our sweet Scorpio finds herself constantly reduced to the flatness of one-dimensional interpretations of her darkness — Scary!
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024
Early American writers, Henry James and Nathaniel Hawthorne, complained bitterly about the bleakness and flatness of the American scene.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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