as in merger
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the consolidation of several intelligence agencies into one super agency
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Recent Examples of consolidation
The consolidation of two major studios, two major streaming services, two of the biggest employers of writers, would inevitably mean layoffs, fewer jobs for writers, less diversity of films and series, pressure on compensation for workers and higher prices for consumers.
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Executives have been preaching the virtues of consolidation, framing it as the only way for legacy media companies to compete with technology companies.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Super Apps promise consolidation.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The consolidation has elicited Armageddon-like emotions in the creative community.
—Dick Lippin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
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Katie Campione, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
Executives have been preaching the virtues of consolidation, framing it as the only way for legacy media companies to compete with technology companies.
—Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
Super Apps promise consolidation.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The consolidation has elicited Armageddon-like emotions in the creative community.
—Dick Lippin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
Noun
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But emails show the endowment and KVIE’s pursuit of a merger continued and eventually the endowment handed KVIE the title to the Elverta land.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Musk merger complicates SpaceX IPO watch now Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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But that dream of unification, peaceful or otherwise, never came to be.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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General relativity suggests that objects with mass cause the very fabric of spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) to warp.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The software includes editing tools for inserting text, annotating, merging, splitting, compressing, and watermarking PDFs.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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So in a way the frames from Euphoria will collide with the people walking in the show, so there will be this merging of the two perspectives.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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