smoothen
Americanverb (used with or without object)
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ANZ’s Nim expects the RBI to continue to smoothen the rupee’s decline without stepping in aggressively.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
The deal with the EU seeks to smoothen frictions in trade, but there are a whole load of details and specifics, timeframes and costs still to be haggled over and sorted.
From BBC ● May 19, 2025
“But I feel like I’m supposed to fight through this pain, I’m gonna smoothen out my swing. ... I got the big injury but it’s actually making my swing super smooth.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
To further smoothen its operations in Pilbara, Rio said it will embrace continued investment in bearing refurbishment, a sustainable and green maintenance procedure that delivers significant reduction in raw material consumption, over 10 years.
From Reuters ● Jun. 13, 2023
The conventionalizations which persist are the resultant of experiments and experience as to the devices by which to soften and smoothen the details of life.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
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