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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Recent Examples of coagulate
Tofu is more minimally processed and made from unfermented, coagulated soy milk.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2025
The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 16 Sep. 2025
The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2025
Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.
—Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coagulate
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If something isn’t exactly gelling, this is the stage to mix it up in makeup, hair, costumes, whatever needs to be fixed.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
24 Feb. 2026
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His dark brunette hair was neatly gelled to the side.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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The hearings stem from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's campaign pledge to freeze rent, build affordable housing and crack down on bad landlords.—
Naomi Ruchim,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
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This condensation can freeze and block the flow of fuel, rendering your car incapable of starting.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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The machine dryer agitates the clothing and prevents fibers from stiffening during drying, which is why clothing comes out feeling soft.—
Emily Benda Gaylord,
The Spruce,
23 Feb. 2026
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Instead of masking smells with fragrance sprays, which can stain or stiffen sheepskin, all of our experts suggested using baking soda and cornstarch for removing odors.—
Caroline Lubinsky,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026
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Then they were scooped from the pot and set on a plate to rest, glistening and congealed, revealing the color of the filling within.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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The queso started fine but eventually congealed into something that approximated lukewarm paste.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
8 Feb. 2026
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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But clotting issues persisted, Bosh failed a physical in September 2016, and Heat president Pat Riley announced that Bosh’s career with the team was over.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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The technique mimics how blood vessels release clotting agents when tissue is injured.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Coagulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coagulate. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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