level out
phrasal verb
leveled out or levelled out; leveling out or levelling out; levels out
: to stop going up or down
Divorce rates are leveling out for the first time in decades.
My moods have leveled out.
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While the cost of eggs and some other items continue to rise, grocery price inflation overall seems to be leveling out.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
View 3 Images View gallery - 3 images Across the US, egg prices have slowly come down, thanks to both supply and demand issues leveling out and a reprieve in avian influenza outbreaks.
—New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
Federal funding—like Title I of ESEA—is designed to level out state and local funding inequities and help drive more resources to school districts with concentrated poverty.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
As the third period progressed, play leveled out, and the Rams found life on the man-advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2025
View 3 Images View gallery - 3 images Across the US, egg prices have slowly come down, thanks to both supply and demand issues leveling out and a reprieve in avian influenza outbreaks.
—New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2025
Federal funding—like Title I of ESEA—is designed to level out state and local funding inequities and help drive more resources to school districts with concentrated poverty.
—Linda Darling-Hammond, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
As the third period progressed, play leveled out, and the Rams found life on the man-advantage.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Level out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20out. Accessed 27 Mar. 2025.
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