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Recent Examples of concretion
Love boasts no inherent magic by which these differences may be neatly expunged; each one must be resolved, or left open, in the total concretion of experience.
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
The museum was interested and asked to keep it to work on it to take off the many layers on concretion on it.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
Parade sets out to go beyond the novel’s habitual concretion, to undo our attachment to the stability of selfhood and its social markers.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
The museum was interested and asked to keep it to work on it to take off the many layers on concretion on it.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2024
Parade sets out to go beyond the novel’s habitual concretion, to undo our attachment to the stability of selfhood and its social markers.
—Nicholas Dames, The Atlantic, 14 June 2024
The head of the ankylosaur still partly encased in the concretion it was discovered in.
—Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for concretion
Noun
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These complexes enhance heat absorption, comparable to greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide and methane.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
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Exhibitors demonstrated the absorption of global influences and, in parallel, the importance of Chinese trends, patterns, and fabrics.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Mar. 2026
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Perry is heeding Clark’s encouragement and benefiting from the coaching staff calling sets that give him space to shoot – coalescence of confidence and opportunity.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Spike focused on important design features with a major focus on geometry, including features like a long nose and high sweep, and a custom tail volume and multi-lobe lift distribution, aiming to reduce shock coalescence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Aug. 2025
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Second, instability along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border complicates regional connectivity and economic integration initiatives, including projects linked to broader Central and South Asia.—
Rabia Akhtar,
The Conversation,
20 Mar. 2026
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Full operational capability for the first battery depends on completing missile allotments and integration processes.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Mar. 2026
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Arsen Der-Aprahamian, a business broker whose name appeared on initial incorporation records for five of the 15 hospices, said the businesses were flipped and that he is no longer associated with any of them.—
Jason Henry,
Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Rules cannot conflict with the HOA’s articles of incorporation, CC&Rs or bylaws, per Section 4350(c).—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
20 Mar. 2026
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But emails show the endowment and KVIE’s pursuit of a merger continued and eventually the endowment handed KVIE the title to the Elverta land.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Musk merger complicates SpaceX IPO watch now Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
17 Mar. 2026
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Decades before the rise of social media, AI and financial risk management, scholars such as Sharon Zukin revealed how young urban professionals paradoxically embrace the homogenization of their environment in their quest for authenticity.—
Conrad Kickert,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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We were labeled as ‘frat rock’ by more than one magazine, but that in itself was almost a rebellion against the homogenization of what was then grunge.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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The House Courts and Criminal Code Committee amended the bill to include language from House Bill 1141, which would make commingling of a committee with personal funds up to $50,000 a Class A misdemeanor.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
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This sacred commingling—a dialectical materialism, really—gave us our pale blue dot.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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What was your wedding like, and the merging of families?—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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The software includes editing tools for inserting text, annotating, merging, splitting, compressing, and watermarking PDFs.—
StackCommerce Team,
PC Magazine,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Concretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concretion. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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