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also crystalized
as in formed
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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Recent Examples of crystallized
With Todaro’s enthusiasm and input the idea crystalized.
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Jocheved Cohen, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
For Yakusho, the experience crystallized something fundamental about the craft.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
For Anderson, the need for AI education for his law students crystallized at a 5th Circuit judicial conference in 2023.
—Katherine Lin, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Those golden years were such because they were crystalized by our approach to songwriting.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
The popularity of OpenClaw, the agent platform that OpenAI acquired, has crystallized another big AI race.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, many members of Congress skipped town, amid growing public opprobrium that, perhaps, crystallized most visibly in the gossip rag TMZ, which has gone full Woodward and Bernstein, running photos of lawmakers in the line of anything but duty.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
In a study published March 2026 in the journal Nature Communications, our team of physicists and geoscientists investigated ilmenite, a mineral composed of iron, titanium and oxygen, in a Moon rock crystallized from an ancient lunar magma.
—Emily First, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Their camaraderie had been crystallized, too.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Jocheved Cohen, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
For Yakusho, the experience crystallized something fundamental about the craft.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
For Anderson, the need for AI education for his law students crystallized at a 5th Circuit judicial conference in 2023.
—Katherine Lin, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
Those golden years were such because they were crystalized by our approach to songwriting.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2026
The popularity of OpenClaw, the agent platform that OpenAI acquired, has crystallized another big AI race.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026
Meanwhile, many members of Congress skipped town, amid growing public opprobrium that, perhaps, crystallized most visibly in the gossip rag TMZ, which has gone full Woodward and Bernstein, running photos of lawmakers in the line of anything but duty.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026
In a study published March 2026 in the journal Nature Communications, our team of physicists and geoscientists investigated ilmenite, a mineral composed of iron, titanium and oxygen, in a Moon rock crystallized from an ancient lunar magma.
—Emily First, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
Their camaraderie had been crystallized, too.
—Maria Torres, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallized
Verb
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Both co-chaired the event with Wintour, who wore a Loewe custom floor-length jacket adorned in feathers that formed tulip bouquets.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Arts institutions in the area have formed an association to resist the development.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
Verb
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Temperatures – especially in the oceans – are climbing, forecasts for El Niño are becoming more solidified and the start of hurricane season is only a week away in the Eastern Pacific and less than a month away in the Atlantic hurricane basin.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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When Republican lawmakers in 2016 sidestepped Missouri’s Democratic governor and enacted a sweeping firearms law, the move solidified the state as a gun rights haven.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
7 May 2026
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“Crystallized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallized. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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