as in straightens
to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls
the new highway will largely unbend that twisting path that the old road used to follow
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straightens
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Farther west, past the point where the road straightens and the sky takes over, White Dog Hill Restaurant and Beany Bar sits in a 1925 sandstone building in Clinton that used to be the country club.—
Heide Brandes,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 May 2026 -
Multi-Styler dries and straightens curly hair in minutes without multiple passes.—
Essence Wiley,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Unbends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbends. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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