Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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Mr. Jacobson said G.M. has ironed out production difficulties in battery pack manufacturing and is ramping up output.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Those rules haven’t been finalized yet, so the tax credit starting on Jan. 1 is a stopgap measure until the White House has ironed out the final version.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022
He has ironed out differences in the new coalition with a consensual, soft-spoken style.
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2021
Perhaps reluctant to alienate the novices in the audience, Villeneuve has ironed out many of the novel’s convolutions, to the likely benefit of comprehension but at the expense of some rich, imaginative excess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Ah! the dress has ironed nicely, hasn't it?
From Only an Incident by Litchfield, Grace Denio
