1
as in concentrated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
plans to consolidate several branches into one regional office
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as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
another win would consolidate their hold on first place in their division
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Recent Examples of consolidated
The two lawsuits are now consolidated under Judge Esbenshade in downtown Los Angeles.
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Tandon consolidated into the current and only location in 2012 at 1571 Boston Post Road in Milford.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
And because memories are, essentially, reactivations of specific patterns of sensory and other neural activity, that means that sensory patterns alone can get consolidated as memories.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
More bad news came in September, when the NSF released a new solicitation for STEM K-12 research that consolidated four existing programs into one — a move experts have calculated amounted to a roughly 50% cut for such research.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
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Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026
Tandon consolidated into the current and only location in 2012 at 1571 Boston Post Road in Milford.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
And because memories are, essentially, reactivations of specific patterns of sensory and other neural activity, that means that sensory patterns alone can get consolidated as memories.
—Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
More bad news came in September, when the NSF released a new solicitation for STEM K-12 research that consolidated four existing programs into one — a move experts have calculated amounted to a roughly 50% cut for such research.
—Megan Molteni, STAT, 7 Apr. 2026
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Hungary lives in the countryside—only eight cities have a population exceeding a hundred thousand people—and that is where Magyar concentrated his attention.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Much of Colorado’s growth is now concentrated in a belt of counties stretching from Weld down to Elbert and El Paso counties, temporarily bypassing Arapahoe, which had the state’s biggest population loss in raw numbers.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, the increasingly visual nature of modern life—especially on social media—has intensified how weddings are experienced.—
Sara Radin,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, Israel intensified its attacks on the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon, hitting commercial and residential areas in Beirut.—
Bassem Mroue,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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For companies looking for even deeper insights, the hub can be integrated into TrusTrace’s full enterprise platform for comprehensive upstream supplier engagement and supply chain traceability.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The park is one of Baltimore’s oldest public spaces, home to a historic nine-hole golf course that has long served as an accessible recreational hub, particularly for Black golfers as one of the first courses to be racially integrated in 1951.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Apr. 2026
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The study published in the journal Construction and Building Materials also revealed that the triangular and wavy forms significantly enhanced the beam's ability to handle post-cracking stress.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Digest The entrance to the Colosseum in Rome has been renovated and enhanced with travertine marble by studio Stefano Boeri Interiors.—
Devorah Lauter,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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By 1996, the two had merged to become the joint Rainbow/PUSH, now known as the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2026
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In 1961, Austex merged with Frito-Lay, which started a series of mergers with Riviana Foods, Castleberry Foods and Bumble Bee Foods.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Apr. 2026
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Once the intendeds did tie the knot, their love deepened into a lifetime of devotion and admiration.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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The freezing of those funds – equivalent to around 10% of the country’s national output – has deepened Hungary’s economic malaise.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Thursday’s fourth-quarter point total eclipsed his points scored in the Knicks’ past three games combined (14).—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Before Friday, Dennis, along with Claire McKeever and Ady Fincanon, had combined for 36 home runs.—
Myah Taylor,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Exercise heightened caution during this period.—
Bay Area Weather Report,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Delays in finalizing a deal between City Hall and the Olympics committee have heightened those tensions.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Consolidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidated. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.
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