crystallizes

variants also crystalizes
present tense third-person singular of crystallize
as in forms
to take on a definite form after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize

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Recent Examples of crystallizes That vulnerability crystallizes in her scenes opposite French screen legend Daniel Auteuil, who plays her ex-husband, Gabriel. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Coherence crystallizes when daily work aligns with broader goals, even under pressure. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The nanograins provide the right conditions for UC-MAC to grow, and eventually, a complete layer of the atom-thick carbon material crystallizes on top of the copper. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2025 Buyl, at Ghent University, said that the emergent-misalignment work crystallizes suspicions among computer scientists. Quanta Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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  • Hill is one of the team's biggest pieces, along with Tagovailoa and Jaylen Waddle; the trio forms a formidable passing attack when the three share the field.
    Hunter Mulholland, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Bessemer dedicates months to gathering, validating, and examining submission data that forms the foundation of The Cloud 100.
    Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Green Bay making this move further solidifies their status as top-tier Super Bowl contenders.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The announcement ends weeks of speculation and solidifies the 12-man squad that will take on Europe in September.
    Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Crystallizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallizes. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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