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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Amazon’s stock price quickly fell as far as 1.8% on Tuesday morning around the same time the early sales numbers were reported, before leveling out around a 1.4% decline Tuesday afternoon—despite a relatively flat day for markets.
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The playing field is leveling out, and remote work is the main enabler.
—Nacho De Marco, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Trump and his economic team have for weeks said the tariffs would result in only short-term pain and that the tumult in the stock market would eventually level out.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 May 2025
If the commitment to levelling out wealth were broadly shared, the possibilities would be many.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
The playing field is leveling out, and remote work is the main enabler.
—Nacho De Marco, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Trump and his economic team have for weeks said the tariffs would result in only short-term pain and that the tumult in the stock market would eventually level out.
—Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 6 May 2025
If the commitment to levelling out wealth were broadly shared, the possibilities would be many.
—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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“Level out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/level%20out. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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