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as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
the surface of the pond congealed after several days of frigid temperatures
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as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the gravy had already started to congeal by the time the waiter served our dinners
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Recent Examples of congeal
Storms initiating in eastern Montana are forecast to congeal into a mesoscale convective system and sweep across parts of the Dakotas, Wyoming, Nebraska and Iowa by Wednesday morning.
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The presumption that this administration was indirectly responsible for the deaths in Texas soon congealed into a consensus in online forums.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 July 2025
But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
The presumption that this administration was indirectly responsible for the deaths in Texas soon congealed into a consensus in online forums.
—The Editors, National Review, 7 July 2025
But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congeal
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The sanctions, which will go into effect unless there’s a last-minute deal Friday, will include freezing Iranian assets abroad, halting arms deals with Tehran and penalizing any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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This cake can also be frozen for up to two months.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
27 Sep. 2025
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The offensive line, meanwhile, hasn’t fully gelled after a makeover following the Super Bowl blowout at the hands of the Eagles.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the same way Everton remain a complicated work in progress on the pitch — still learning to gel nine new signings in a squad that boasted the lowest budget in the WSL last season — the Goodison project remains a work in progress, a symbol of an exciting but ultimately unknown future.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The material also had to harden with strength similar to natural bone and gradually break down so new bone could replace it.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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Here, the situation has changed, leaving many of the gods either hardened or embittered by the conflict.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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In a similar way, a man who is defiant stiffens his neck, squares his shoulders, lowers his brows, and clenches his fists with his knuckles forward.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
23 Sep. 2025
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The heart muscle may have thickened slightly, and arteries have likely stiffened, which can raise blood pressure.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Tofu is more minimally processed and made from unfermented, coagulated soy milk.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
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Everything just kind of jelled together the right way.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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The team will then break for six weeks before returning for training camp in late July, at which point Maye and the rest of the offense will have weeks to continue jelling before the season begins.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Congeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congeal. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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