as in merging
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as in combining
to come together to form a single unit
several small townships have coalesced into a single metropolis
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as in cooperating
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 coalescing
Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Yes, because Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 combines great music with a great narrative — enormous singles, blockbuster collaborations and a no-skips album coalescing around a battle that’s heated, personal and entertaining as hell.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
Of course, this restaurant was created with Garcia’s mentor, Jamal James Kent, who died of a heart attack this summer as this project was coalescing on 360 Park Avenue.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The leftist coalition in Chicago politics, ever a complex tapestry of groups and causes, took four decades to win the mayor’s seat after coalescing around Johnson last year.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
Traders are coalescing around the idea that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point at its next meeting in November.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
That is coalescing Republicans.
—NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
The next era of generative AI is rapidly coalescing around agents who execute complex workflows and tasks.
—Anand Shah, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Verb
There are many unpleasant things to not miss about the monoculture of our increasingly distant past — but coalescing around a unified interest, and the feeling of togetherness arising from that act, is not one of them.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
Yes, because Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 combines great music with a great narrative — enormous singles, blockbuster collaborations and a no-skips album coalescing around a battle that’s heated, personal and entertaining as hell.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024
Of course, this restaurant was created with Garcia’s mentor, Jamal James Kent, who died of a heart attack this summer as this project was coalescing on 360 Park Avenue.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
The leftist coalition in Chicago politics, ever a complex tapestry of groups and causes, took four decades to win the mayor’s seat after coalescing around Johnson last year.
—Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Oct. 2024
Traders are coalescing around the idea that the Federal Reserve will cut its main interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point at its next meeting in November.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
That is coalescing Republicans.
—NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
The next era of generative AI is rapidly coalescing around agents who execute complex workflows and tasks.
—Anand Shah, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalescing
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Organizations that proactively embrace hybrid cloud with a focus on governance, integration and skills development will be better equipped to thrive in today’s dynamic digital economy.—
Bhupendra Singh,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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These capabilities align with broader trends in EV infrastructure, including grid resilience and integration with renewable energy sources.—
Melanie Marshall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 May 2025
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The collection, fusing exaggerated silhouettes and structured romanticism with a touch of Moroccan-esque opulence — opens with diaphanous pieces in soft creams and peaches that diffuse light and create fluid movement.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The endgame manages to gel the best parts of Split Fiction together and delivers a showstopping, genre-fusing, radical evolution of everything that comes before it.—
Kyle Wilson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Mar. 2025
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However, uniting teams with different priorities and workflows is easier said than done.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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Brett for me stands out as a beacon of connection—uniting people through humor, vibrant communities, and shared experiences.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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That is, a fusion reaction that fuses a hydrogen nucleus and a boron-11 atom instead of two atoms of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium.—
David Szondy
May 10,
New Atlas,
10 May 2025
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The Slow Roasted Eggplant — happily still available this month — was a surprise on a Korean fusion menu.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 May 2025
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The two are also not ruling out collaborating with Dream in the future.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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One standout moment was collaborating with Kyle De Volle — Rita Ora’s stylist — together with Ora starring in the campaigne, which propelled Charlotte Simone, both as a brand and as an independent designer, into a new stratosphere.—
Angela Lei,
Forbes,
22 Dec. 2024
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Key Background Trump Media went public in March 2024 through a merger with a blank-check company, more than two years after it was founded following Trump’s departure from the White House.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Paper co-author and astronomer Erica Hammerstein, also of UC Berkeley, did not find any evidence of a past galaxy merger in Hubble's images of the galaxy.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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Mark is reintegrating, merging the memories of his innie and his outie.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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As a chef, she’s taken this timeless dinner combination to new heights by merging it with her love of music.—
Jessica Fields,
Essence,
28 Feb. 2025
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In September 2019, Poirier faced Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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This growing internal consensus, however, makes Beijing less likely to engage in the critical self-reflection necessary to dispassionately evaluate its own strategic planning—and more likely to intensify its military buildup and pursuit of unification.—
TONG ZHAO,
Foreign Affairs,
2 May 2025
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“Coalescing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalescing. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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