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
There are other solutions for debt, including a debt management plan through a credit counselor, debt settlement or a consolidation loan.
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Consolidating a defaulted loan allows a borrower to pay off one or more federal student loans with a new direct consolidation loan.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
After this, consolidation eventually stabilizes memory traces and stores them for future recollection in the long term.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Not sleeping well or for long enough directly interferes with memory consolidation, Dr. Blum says.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 1 May 2025
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2025
Consolidating a defaulted loan allows a borrower to pay off one or more federal student loans with a new direct consolidation loan.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
After this, consolidation eventually stabilizes memory traces and stores them for future recollection in the long term.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Not sleeping well or for long enough directly interferes with memory consolidation, Dr. Blum says.
—Alisa Hrustic, SELF, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
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Key Background Trump Media went public in March 2024 through a merger with a blank-check company, more than two years after it was founded following Trump’s departure from the White House.—
Zach Everson,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2025
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Paper co-author and astronomer Erica Hammerstein, also of UC Berkeley, did not find any evidence of a past galaxy merger in Hubble's images of the galaxy.—
Ian Randall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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In September 2019, Poirier faced Khabib Nurmagomedov in a title unification bout.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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This growing internal consensus, however, makes Beijing less likely to engage in the critical self-reflection necessary to dispassionately evaluate its own strategic planning—and more likely to intensify its military buildup and pursuit of unification.—
TONG ZHAO,
Foreign Affairs,
2 May 2025
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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