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
The consolidation aims to improve efficiency and streamline operations between the two agencies.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
However, some policymakers have raised concerns about the impact of consolidation on pricing.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Insiders told me at the fair that consolidation is inevitable.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In the House of Representatives, this resulted in the consolidation of power with the speaker, and in the Senate, with the majority leader.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
However, some policymakers have raised concerns about the impact of consolidation on pricing.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2025
Insiders told me at the fair that consolidation is inevitable.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
In the House of Representatives, this resulted in the consolidation of power with the speaker, and in the Senate, with the majority leader.
—David M. Drucker, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
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This upheaval heralds the start of an era where the traditional manufacturers of the West would see their markets undermined to such an extent that some would be forced into bankruptcy or mergers.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Jeanty is also just the fifth running back drafted by the Raiders in the first round since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970.—
Vic Tafur,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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Xi Jinping has declared unification inevitable—by force if necessary.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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Southern Yemen remained under British colonial rule for another five years until a 1967 socialist uprising, followed by a period of north-south tensions and conflict that ultimately gave way to unification under then-North Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh in 1990.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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