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
Costume consolidation These days, the company that acquired Collegeville and Ben Cooper, Rubies, is still one of the top costume makers.
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
What To Know As regulations change and the public grows more distrustful of the industry, health care providers are dealing with consolidation, technology adoption and staffing challenges.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And the consolidation of the internet’s backbone is continuing in the age of AI.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, such a deal would represent major consolidation in the industry.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Mark Dent, HubSpot, 24 Oct. 2025
What To Know As regulations change and the public grows more distrustful of the industry, health care providers are dealing with consolidation, technology adoption and staffing challenges.
—Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And the consolidation of the internet’s backbone is continuing in the age of AI.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Needless to say, such a deal would represent major consolidation in the industry.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
Noun
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Upon the merger announcement, Belzer left the company but maintained his ownership interest.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Monroe, who joins Greenberg Traurig as a shareholder in the Los Angeles office, specializes in mergers and acquisitions.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to pursue unification—by force if necessary.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Yellowstone even predated the 2019 re-merging of CBS and Viacom, which formed the company that in 2022 was rebranded as Paramount Global.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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