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Recent Examples of coagulate 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for coagulate
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Verb
  • Neither guy is particularly gelling with their mixed partners either (Schneemann & Parker), which has left them mid-table.
    Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • And if the perception in the media starts to gel that Trump is being taken for a ride by Bibi, how does Trump then respond to appearing weak?
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Transporter 14's upper stage proceeded to deploy its payloads and release a plume of rocket propellant prior to re-entering Earth's atmosphere, which quickly froze and reflected sunlight, becoming visible to eagle-eyed stargazers in Europe.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 June 2025
  • Even with the help of the train, rescuers hiked a mile along an exposed ridgeline above 5,000 feet, encountering high winds and freezing temperatures, to reach Wilson.
    Owen Clarke, Outside Online, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The competition has definitely stiffened, after all.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 June 2025
  • The defense stiffened, forcing two punts and a turnover on downs to set up Chris Callahan’s game-winning 28-yard kick.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Verb
  • In the adjacent living room, the remains of a lobster dinner were congealing.
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
  • Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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 1 Jul. 2025.

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