consolidates

present tense third-person singular of consolidate

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Recent Examples of consolidates However, that has changed as the IRS sheds employees and otherwise consolidates its operations. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 What Happens Next Obama's Emmy for Our Oceans consolidates his credentials in high-profile documentary and nonfiction work and may increase visibility and demand for similar projects produced by Higher Ground and Netflix. Daniel Orton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025 His ascension consolidates power in the hands of members of the country’s small, lighter-skinned economic elite for the first time in recent memory, and has been for months the subject of political infighting and intense debates about colorism and class that harken back to Haiti’s colonial history. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidates
Verb
  • Lee concentrates on darkness from the moment Shinhye arrives in her new home.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Kang explained that the unique negative Poisson’s ratio behavior enables inward contraction under compression, which concentrates strain in the sensing region and boosts sensitivity.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • This comparison gets intense in organizational settings because workplaces have a clear hierarchy, which intensifies comparisons.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • As climate change intensifies natural disasters, states across the US have been mandating that home sellers disclose risks such as flooding.
    Bloomberg, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From the earliest stages of design, the firm integrates climate-conscious practices with elevated aesthetics.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The initiative integrates lessons from over 260,000 hours of soldier feedback during the IVAS program.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Accomplishing this will pave the way for AI agents to hit the mainstream in a safe way that enhances our lives rather than exposes us to risks.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The material enhances performance The team elucidated the material’s mechanism through a series of experimental analyses, including solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (ssNMR) spectroscopy, electron spin resonance (EPR) spectroscopy, and theoretical calculations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lakehouse merges with the best of both worlds.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Innkeeper Alexa Stark, who has a background in fashion design and founded Twin Interiors, merges coastal antiques with modern pieces, unexpected color stories, and DIY touches that make the space feel anything but starchy.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Many men disconnect from their family to get a reprieve from these sentiments, which deepens the drift.
    Linsey Hughes, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At the gallery opening a few days later, her suspicion only deepens when Daniel and Cherry, who arrived late in the first place, leave without saying goodbye, which is uncharacteristic of their dutiful son.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • What unites these companies is a commitment to improving grid resiliency, though each takes a radically different approach to battery chemistry.
    Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The goal is to create an inviting, safe space to share the heartfelt experience of diving into a taboo topic which unites all.
    Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But in an era in which proximity to a city center heightens exchange value, gentrifiers simply have a better leg to stand on.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Once Mars enters Scorpio, however, your fifth house of passion heightens your desires, magnetism and attraction.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025

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