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adjective

as in combined

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coalesced

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verb

past tense of coalesce
1
as in fused
to come together to form a single unit several small townships have coalesced into a single metropolis

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2
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
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The lyrics coalesced slowly, with McCartney filling the incomplete sections with nonsense phrases. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Amid a precipitous drop in domestic film and television production in recent years, Hollywood has coalesced around support for a federal tax credit. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 During his father’s presidency, Bolsonaro became an influential figure in Congress and one of the leading political voices associated with Bolsonarismo, the conservative movement that coalesced around his father. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 As an eventual founding member of Television alongside the late Tom Verlaine, Lloyd was at the center of the downtown New York music community that coalesced around CBGB in the 1970s. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026 The volume and velocity with which information now hits us, paired with the innate meaning-making processes in our brain, have coalesced into the perfect storm. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026 After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 In September 2023, these committees coalesced into the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a unified body intended to coordinate mobilization across the region. — Aqil Shah, Time, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalesced
  1. combined
  2. fused
  3. cooperated
  4. merged
  5. united
  6. incorporated
  7. collaborated
  8. blended
Adjective
  • By one calculation, a combined United-American would account for 40% of US domestic flying capacity.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Corbin Burnes and Josh Hader of the Milwaukee Brewers throw a combined no-hitter to beat the Cleveland Indians 3-0.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • Tommy Hilfiger knows his way around prep, and this capsule gives the classics — from cable knits and varsity jackets to denim and chinos — a timely refresh, in the form of sharper proportions fused with archival touches.
    — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Last year’s Ninja Gaiden 4 from Team Ninja and PlatinumGames fused a demanding combat sandbox with a dynamic resource meter that actively rewarded high-level play.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of fused
Verb
  • Officers found the girl in the roadway and located the driver, who cooperated with investigators.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Police say the driver of the second vehicle remained at the scene and cooperated with authorities.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of cooperated
Adjective
  • Though most campuses of the merged schools neighbored one another, Miami Springs Middle and Miami Springs High were about a mile and a half apart.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, there are reports that some of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit have suggested any settlement would have to include Paramount divesting CNN from the merged company.
    — Chris Wallace, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of merged
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  • With a top manager in place, and a dressing room united behind him, the building blocks are all there for a positive year.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And, despite some disquiet at Xi’s massing of power and reluctance to lay out a succession plan, the Party seems sufficiently institutionalized and united around key objectives to navigate some future turbulence in leadership transition.
    — Ben Bland, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of united
Adjective
  • New Mexico was an incorporated territory of the United States until becoming the 47th state in 1912.
    — Daniel Borunda, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to enabling Lenovo to build such a thin and light business laptop, the incorporated Frore tech means the AeroBlade has no vents on the bottom.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of incorporated
Verb
  • Patterson and Parton collaborated on the 2022 novel Run, Rose, Run.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The pair have collaborated on several musical projects over the years, including the psychedelic pop band The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of collaborated
Adjective
  • The oversight hearing underscored Patel’s turbulent tenure, from shouting matches with lawmakers and blended leisure travel to allegations of excessive drinking that spurred calls for his removal and a massive defamation suit.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Ciara and Wilson, who married in 2016, are already parents to a blended family of four children.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of blended

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“Coalesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalesced. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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