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as in sophisticated
having or showing very polished and worldly manners
a smooth salesman of expensive jewelry
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as in easy
involving minimal difficulty or effort
it should be smooth going from this point on
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as in plane
having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities
a smooth skating rink
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as in calm
free from emotional or mental agitation
his smooth disposition and leadership qualities lend themselves well to the position
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as in to facilitate
to free from obstruction or difficulty
a willingness to compromise will smooth the way to an early agreement
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as in to shave
to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps
the workers smoothed the surface of the concrete before letting it dry
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as in to polish
to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure
used fine sandpaper to smooth the face of the wood
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Recent Examples of smooth
New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Operation is effortless thanks to the fine tuning of the works within, with snappy feedback and buttery smooth action.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025
Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The result is an indulgent, cooling formula that strengthens your skin barrier, smooths fine lines, and boosts your natural glow.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 8 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
The new mechanism is also designed for smoother removal.
—New Atlas, 21 Mar. 2025
Operation is effortless thanks to the fine tuning of the works within, with snappy feedback and buttery smooth action.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
Diversification can smooth the ride and mitigate the impact on investors when a high-flyer like Tesla hits turbulence.
—Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
The result is an indulgent, cooling formula that strengthens your skin barrier, smooths fine lines, and boosts your natural glow.
—Deanna Pai, Allure, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smooth
Adjective
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In a world of increasingly frequent and sophisticated digital threats, the loss of cybersecurity personnel could weaken America’s defenses against ransomware, espionage, and infrastructure disruption.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The engagement algorithms for such platforms are vastly less sophisticated than the ones that will be deployed in agentic A.I.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What makes something so complicated is when there’s no one to blame — that would be so easy.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
21 Mar. 2025
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These groups are color-coded by difficulty level: yellow (easiest), green, blue, and purple (hardest).—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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Plus this episode also delivers peak unhinged Lex while he's stranded on an island post-plane crash and suffering from malaria, which leads to a moment that teases his natural killer instincts that he's kept so well hidden from Clark, and the world, so far.—
Christian Holub,
EW.com,
16 Oct. 2021
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But those cars were powered by pushrod engines with conventional cross-plane cranks.—
Rich Ceppos,
Car and Driver,
2 Oct. 2022
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Once water has been introduced, provide the dog with treats and praise while bathing them, and remain calm and confident.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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For example, research at the Ivey Business School reveals that temperance (being calm, composed, patient, prudent, and self-controlled) is one of the weakest character dimensions for many people.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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One is business models of the industry changing, but COVID certainly facilitated that.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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One thing the timing of the renewal could facilitate is a shorter break between seasons: Due in part to writers and actors striking for better contracts in 2023, season two premiered almost three years after the conclusion of the first run.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Mar. 2025
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If needed, lightly holding your skin taut should be enough to shave the area without excessively stretching or pulling at it.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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One hirsute San Francisco regular, Richard, kept changing his hair and shaving his face over the course of the shoot.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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Due to Star Wars Outlaws’ reception, particularly about its glitches, developer Ubisoft took the extra time to polish Assassin’s Creed Shadows.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Mar. 2025
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The 80-room property was purchased in 2009 by the R Collection, a group of 12 luxurious hotels owned by the Rocchi family, and has since been polished to five-star standards.—
Gina DeCaprio Vercesi,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2025
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For six seasons, viewers knew Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth Pearson, Randall’s (Sterling K. Brown) intelligent, unflappable and graceful wife.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
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The result is a flattened film that, in the process of trying to capture the suppression and restraint of something graceful and unspoken, flattens it in the process too.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Smooth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smooth. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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