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
Kenya's government spokesperson, Isaac Maigua Mwaura, admitted to the BBC that the ETA had "teething problems" but said that they will "smoothen with time".
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024
Schaffner said he expects some of the wrinkles in the rollout to smoothen out over time.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2023
“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
Capacious dovecote! where carrier-pigeons and fantails and croppers, intermingled with the more ordinary, bill and coo, ruffle and smoothen their feathers, and bend their versicolor necks to the same corn.
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 by Various
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