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
But Millennium has faced mounting competition and consolidation pressures as major studios and streamers have absorbed much of the global action market, and theatrical returns for old-school action movies have become less reliable.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Kimmeridge remains a major shareholder and has pushed for more industry consolidation in oil and gas.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Franzén believes, as do some of his peers, that EQT’s industry is about to go through a wave of consolidation.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Indiana lawmakers also this year forced the consolidation of Union School Corporation, near Muncie.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Kimmeridge remains a major shareholder and has pushed for more industry consolidation in oil and gas.
—Jordan Blum, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
Franzén believes, as do some of his peers, that EQT’s industry is about to go through a wave of consolidation.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Indiana lawmakers also this year forced the consolidation of Union School Corporation, near Muncie.
—Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
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The group was formed by the merger of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Press Association in 2019.—
Grant Lancaster,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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For much of the past decade, sportsbooks and legacy sports media companies have chased a dream of the perfect merger—one that leans on the latter’s platform and name to build a dominant gambling brand.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Beijing has pledged that unification is inevitable—by force if necessary—and has significantly ramped up military activities in the Taiwan Strait in recent years.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Tommaso di Lampedusa’s novel, which looks at the unification of Italy from the perspective of a 20th-century writer, had a modernity that interested me.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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