level out

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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The population, once lopsided as male due to the oil workforce, had leveled out to nearly even between men and women. — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 Scoring leveled out as the game went on — the Suns didn’t crack 30 points in a quarter again — but the opening 12 minutes showed plenty of cracks the Bulls need to patch up. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 If vMVPD growth is no longer seen as sufficiently compensatory for the snowballing losses among the legacy pay-TV players, MoffettNathanson analysts believe the steep declines of the last five years will level out by the close of the decade. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Flight tracking data obtained by CBS News shows that 4 miles out from the 9,360-foot-long Miami runway, the plane suddenly leveled out and stopped its descent for about 25 seconds. — Josh Boswell, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for level out

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