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ironed

  • past participle
    of iron.
    iron
    noun
    a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.
  • past tense form
    of iron.
    iron
    noun
    a ductile, malleable, silver-white metallic element, scarcely known in a pure condition, but much used in its crude or impure carbon-containing forms for making tools, implements, machinery, etc. Fe; 55.847; 26; 7.86 at 20°C.

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The company expects to shut down roughly 10% of its locations in bankruptcy, but final plans are still being ironed out, the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Russian Daniil Medvedev, a former world number one and the 2021 US Open champion, said the more focus on the sport the better, and any problems can be ironed out.

From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026

During the Obama administration, it took over 20 months for the finer details of a deal on Iran's nuclear programme to be ironed out.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

Honey and others ironed out the technical details of merging information from different agencies and crafted data-sharing contracts.

From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026

I ironed it and then we sprayed it with perfume Big Ma left behind.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia