as in merger
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the consolidation of several intelligence agencies into one super agency
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Recent Examples of consolidation
Cyber is a historically fragmented industry, and the company is trying to bring about consolidation.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 June 2026
That consolidation is the backdrop to nearly every other heritage sourcing story — the reason chefs, breeders, shoppers and policy advocates are paying closer attention to where the next generation of grains and meats will actually come from.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Studies show that consistent, quality sleep supports immune function, brain health, hormone regulation, metabolism, memory consolidation, and cellular repair—all processes closely tied to healthy aging.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 2 June 2026
The combination has pulled the family into a broader debate over media consolidation, foreign investment and the political reach of billionaire dealmakers.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 June 2026
That consolidation is the backdrop to nearly every other heritage sourcing story — the reason chefs, breeders, shoppers and policy advocates are paying closer attention to where the next generation of grains and meats will actually come from.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
Studies show that consistent, quality sleep supports immune function, brain health, hormone regulation, metabolism, memory consolidation, and cellular repair—all processes closely tied to healthy aging.
—Kathleen Ferraro, Verywell Health, 2 June 2026
The combination has pulled the family into a broader debate over media consolidation, foreign investment and the political reach of billionaire dealmakers.
—Alicia Park, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
Noun
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The announcement framed it as a merger of equals, bringing 42 parks together under one company.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
1 June 2026
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Weiss was appointed last fall by David Ellison, a technology scion who took over CBS’ parent company, Paramount, in an $8 billion merger with his media company, Skydance.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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General relativity suggests that objects with mass cause spacetime (the four-dimensional unification of space and time) to warp.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 June 2026
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The two main events are a title unification bout between Ilia Topiura and Justin Gaethje and an interim heavyweight title contest between Alex Pereira and Ciryl Gane.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 May 2026
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That is problematic because the feeding and merging processes that allow black holes to grow to supermassive status had always been thought to take longer than 1 billion years.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 May 2026
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But in this merging process, several threads have been left behind.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
11 May 2026
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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