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
Do not use warm or hot water since this can actually cause the blood to coagulate.
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
For many of the protesters, a general sense of lawlessness – not supported by official crime figures for England and Wales, which broadly show a decrease over the past decade – had coagulated into a specific fear of migrants.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Researchers tasted the first trials of ant yogurt, where the milk had begun to coagulate and acidify, which are signs of early yogurt fermentation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 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
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Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2026
For many of the protesters, a general sense of lawlessness – not supported by official crime figures for England and Wales, which broadly show a decrease over the past decade – had coagulated into a specific fear of migrants.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
Researchers tasted the first trials of ant yogurt, where the milk had begun to coagulate and acidify, which are signs of early yogurt fermentation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coagulate
Verb
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It can be gelled, emulsified, and made into just about anything.—
Alana Semuels,
Time,
1 June 2026
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Guardiola had to gel together a new, young team, featuring many players who were not immediately suited to playing his style of football.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski shouted two words — the first of which didn’t appear to be fit for print — and strode off the mound, the icy expression on his face frozen in place all the way to the dugout.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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But it's also made people even more skeptical of public figures whose appearances seem naturally frozen in time.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
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Volkswagen’s premium Audi brand has lost much of its luster in recent years, dragged down by trade tariffs, stiffening competition and a patchy electric-vehicle roster.—
William Wilkes,
Bloomberg,
8 June 2026
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Chronic inflammation damages blood vessels, stiffening them and increasing resistance.—
Jennifer Berger,
Verywell Health,
1 June 2026
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Since then, speculation has congealed into reality.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2026
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Engineers even worried that slow-moving crude would congeal inside the pipeline, creating waxy buildup that could turn TAPS into the world’s biggest tube of ChapStick.—
Jennifer A. Dlouhy,
Fortune,
24 May 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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The dialysis unit’s pumps push the blood through the cartridge, while its sensors balance fluid, watch circuit pressures for safety, and automatically meter the anticoagulant that keeps the blood from clotting along the way.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 June 2026
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Concrete dust clotted the air, turning the afternoon dark.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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“Coagulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coagulate. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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