How to Use consolidate in a Sentence

consolidate

verb
  • The two funds will consolidate into one.
  • Rebel forces have consolidated their hold on the region.
  • The administration hopes that such measures will consolidate its position.
  • Let the snow consolidate for an hour or more, until it is set up hard enough to form snowballs.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 29 June 2023
  • In the past Planned Parenthood did consolidate some clinics but has no plan to do that again, Gibron said.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Since the ceasefire, the Houthis have consolidated their control over most of northern Yemen.
    Christian Edwards, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The Pentagon pulled out some troops and consolidated the rest at bases in Agadez and Niamey.
    Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The events supplier will consolidate three locations in the area into the new space.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Roku also plans to consolidate office space and limit new hires to trim costs.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Capture and consolidate all product feedback and requests from users in the app.
    Marty Labelle, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the Church and the Pope will not agree to return the child, to consolidate an increasingly wavering power.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 May 2023
  • They’re expected to be consolidated into one case and heard in state court next year.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The act also consolidates the number of tire program districts to four.
    Will Langhorne, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • Proposing a budget cut in half to department heads meant each sector of the crew had to find creative ways to consolidate resources.
    Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Routes have been consolidated; pick-up and drop-off times have been pushed earlier and later.
    Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The high school closed in 1961, consolidated with Liberty and Brownsville into Short High.
    The Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2023
  • Their case has been consolidated with a number of others that have their own plaintiffs and counsel.
    Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The bank is consolidating workers from more than a dozen North Texas locations.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
  • In many ways, Israeli policies had brought Hamas to power in Gaza, a power that the blockade has only consolidated since then.
    Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The drains in the soffit of the new building will be consolidated in the Arctic pipeline, designed for the extreme cold, to ensure that the drainage remains flowing and is serviceable, Wells said.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • That is why four of the five school-segregation cases that were consolidated in Brown had been filed in federal courts.
    Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • On Saturday, a lack of wind during the race window forced the Alaska Cup races to be consolidated into Sunday.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The case has been consolidated with other suits from authors in federal court.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Allen later filed a motion to consolidate both filings into one case.
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • As the market consolidates, two to three large factions will emerge, and companies ranging from big tech to startups will position themselves to be the heart of those systems.
    John Kell, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • These borrowers will also need to consolidate before the end of the year in order to maximize these benefits.
    Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Temu overtook Shein in sales in May, and has since consolidated its lead, according to a Bloomberg calculation.
    Lionel Lim, Fortune, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The Princess of Wales took a tour of the new wing designed to replicate a child’s journey on their day of surgery and learned more about how the hub is transforming care by consolidating everything young people need into one place.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The argument about risk is very convenient for people who want to consolidate power and limit access to the benefits of AI.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Per the agreement, Israeli drone flights over Gaza will be suspended for up to six hours per day as Hamas consolidates the remaining hostages, the Israeli official said.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2023

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