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Recent Examples of consolidation For manageable balances, couples may want to start by creating a repayment strategy that prioritizes high-rate debt or by exploring a debt consolidation loan that replaces multiple balances with one payment. Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 In our view, one design courts more corruption and wealth consolidation; the other ensures that, if AI ushers in any prosperity, it will be shared broadly, transparently, and with public accountability. Sarah Polcz, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 The company noted that Ximalaya’s consolidation had a positive impact on gross margin during the period. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026 Whatever the reason, enrollment loss as well as closures and consolidations have been most stark in Black communities thus far. Austin Horn august 11, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for consolidation
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Noun
  • In the world of corporate mergers and acquisitions, an out-of-town buyer looks to cut costs in order to help cover the share-price premium necessary to clinch the deal and those reductions typically come mainly at the expense of the seller.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Commentary and opinion Columnist Anita Chabria breaks down what’s at stake — legally and politically — in the Paramount merger.
    Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The unification promises to create a super app that can connect to other Microsoft 365 programs, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The unification of the Eurasian steppes under Genghis Khan and his successors—Ögödei, Möngke, and Kublai Khan—brought many of these trade routes under a single political authority for the first time.
    Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The companies argue that merging will be good for growth in the industry and give consumers access to more content.
    ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The merging of their bodies from the neck down evokes the physical continuity of pregnancy, a unity that, Cassatt seems to suggest (and many mothers would agree), persists even after birth.
    Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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