as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the blood coagulated, and a scab formed on the wound
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Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.
—John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 27 June 2024
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Nicola Twilley, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.
—John Carreyrou, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.
—Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.
—Julia O'Driscoll, The Week Uk, theweek, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coagulate
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While there were a large quotient of natural or simply gelled looks, others took an edgier tack.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
8 July 2025
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Plans gelled after the Buckeye and Bluegrass states signed their current agreement in February 2022 and then-President Joe Biden stood on the banks of the Ohio River the next January to tout the federal government’s $1.6 billion commitment to the project.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Eat burritos warm or wrap individually in parchment paper, place in a zipper bag and freeze for up to two months.—
Bethany Thayer,
Freep.com,
19 July 2025
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Maple taffy: Made by boiling and freezing maple syrup on snow or ice to create a chewy candy, maple taffy is best eaten fresh, but it can be frozen for up to two months.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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My forehead stiffened and went numb, like it was made of concrete that had suddenly set.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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Many Republicans would like to stiffen the work requirements by requiring work of recipients who are up to age 65 or are the parents of children who are more than six years old.—
Tracy Roof,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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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
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But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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Conditions like silent high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, or clotting disorders can also go undetected in people who appear otherwise healthy.—
Taayoo Murray,
Essence,
27 May 2025
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Bleeding disorders Heavy bleeding during a period could be a sign of a bleeding disorder such as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), which prevents blood from clotting properly.—
Ashley Abramson,
SELF,
7 May 2025
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“Coagulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coagulate. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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