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The phrase "are flattened" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that has been made flat or reduced in thickness, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The documents were so crumpled that they needed to be pressed until they are flattened."
Alternatives: "have been flattened" or "are compressed".
Dictionary
are flattened
verb
To make something flat or flatter.
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Exact(58)
Whole villages are flattened.
The stamens are flattened and leaflike.
In other cases planes are flattened, emphasizing Modernist graphic qualities.
They are flattened to all intents and purposes," Bromley said.
People are flattened by their own emerging narratives.
Figures are flattened to the line of cartoon.
When the diaphragms are flattened (as in COPD), inhalation paradoxically causes the angle to decrease.
In these animals, the fifth (hindmost) pair of legs are flattened into paddles for swimming.
The fruit is a rather dry berry, and the seeds are flattened.
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The next day, you are flattened-out, two-dimensional, billboard-sized caricature of yourself on your worst day.
Their wing bones are flattened in adaptation to underwater "flight".
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