Example Sentences

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The report may have smoothed over some frayed nerves about artificial intelligence coming for jobs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

In the past, fast-moving particles like neutrinos were dismissed because their high speeds would have smoothed out matter in the early Universe, preventing galaxies from forming.

From Science Daily • Jan. 15, 2026

The lips of generations of pilgrims have smoothed the door frames on its millennia-old rock-hewn churches.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

There have been decisions already taken that have smoothed the path of his new reign.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2022

Her heart would have melted, she’d have smoothed the hair back from his forehead, kissed him on the ear, and not just to get something out of him either.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood