Example Sentences

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Often used as a cosmetic wrinkle flattener, the molecule acts as a muscle relaxant: it triggers muscle paralysis by entering nerves that control muscles, damaging a protein and thereby blocking the release of neurotransmitters.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2019

For people who have one, the computer has already shown itself to be the great equalizer, the final flattener, making all of us the creator and the created.

From Time Magazine Archive

This integration was a huge flattener, because it enabled so many more people to get connected with so many more other people.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

The Diamond is good because it holds firmly, is a great flattener, and is especially adapted to the securing of square boxes.

From The Mountains by White, Stewart Edward

Now, as you will see, the glass is ready for the flattener.

From The Story of Glass by Gray, C.P.