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as in fused
to come together to form a single unit
several small townships have coalesced into a single metropolis
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as in cooperated
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the historic preservation movement gained momentum when the two groups coalesced
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Recent Examples of coalesced
Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Over the past few years, community involvement has coalesced around the issue of education.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Since then, the floating wind industry has largely coalesced around a semisubmersible design based on oil and gas platforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026
After 1979, various paramilitary groups that toppled the shah soon coalesced into the IRGC.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Outside Iran, some of the diaspora and opposition groups have coalesced around Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah dethroned by the 1979 Revolution.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Democrats, who maintain a supermajority in the Legislature and outnumber Republicans among registered voters at a 2-1 margin, have not coalesced around a single candidate, with less than two weeks to the filing deadline.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
As Manchester United’s players fell to the floor on the referee’s whistle, Chelsea’s coalesced into an exhausted, joyous huddle in their own penalty area.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The leftovers coalesced into a dusty disk swirling around the infant star.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Verb
But though he got nominated everywhere, things never really coalesced for him.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Over the past few years, community involvement has coalesced around the issue of education.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Since then, the floating wind industry has largely coalesced around a semisubmersible design based on oil and gas platforms.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Mar. 2026
After 1979, various paramilitary groups that toppled the shah soon coalesced into the IRGC.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
Outside Iran, some of the diaspora and opposition groups have coalesced around Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah dethroned by the 1979 Revolution.
—Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
Democrats, who maintain a supermajority in the Legislature and outnumber Republicans among registered voters at a 2-1 margin, have not coalesced around a single candidate, with less than two weeks to the filing deadline.
—Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 25 Feb. 2026
As Manchester United’s players fell to the floor on the referee’s whistle, Chelsea’s coalesced into an exhausted, joyous huddle in their own penalty area.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The leftovers coalesced into a dusty disk swirling around the infant star.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalesced
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Federal authorities said the combined cost of the produce and transportation tied to the schemes resulted in losses exceeding $600,000 for the victim companies.—
Sergio Candido,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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The combined acquisition cost and $29 million guaranteed for 2026 with Brown is a steep hill to climb for anybody and Payton and Paton have rarely carried two expensive receivers on their rosters.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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The band formed in 1988 and performs 19th-century maritime Celtic music fused with klezmer, polka and milonga.—
Abby Hamblin,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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The material was porous and crumbly, allaying fears that the fuel might’ve fused into a diamond-hard mass impenetrable even to drills.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Chinese Communist Party has long cooperated with the Iranian regime, providing the Islamic Republic with crucial technologies for civic and military use in exchange for cheap energy.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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The driver cooperated with investigators.—
Ashley Grams,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Another development worth watching is what role Anderson Cooper will play in the merged operation.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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The merged company will have a massive program catalog of more than 260,000 hours, with a large proportion of this coming from Banijay, which has consolidated the likes of Zodiak Media and Endemol Shine Group in the past decade.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2026
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Everybody to Kenmure Street charts the events of the spontaneous community protest on Glasgow’s Kenmure Street, when hundreds united to stop the deportation of their neighbours.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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This was the fear that united all their immigrant friends.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Scientists from Tongji University and other Chinese institutes collaborated on the study, which was published in Nature Sensors.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Mar. 2026
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Members of the cast have seen Anderson’s reels, and Beverley Mitchell (Lucy) even collaborated with Anderson on a video where her character goes to therapy.—
Jessica Lipsky,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Online educational resource WorldAtlas analyzed over 19,000 incorporated cities, towns and villages to find the areas with the most visual appeal.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Mar. 2026
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In 1917, Brea became an incorporated city and Harry Winchell became the city’s first marshal.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations.—
Sharon Hlapcich,
Oc Register,
17 Feb. 2026
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The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Coalesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalesced. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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