variants
also crystalize
as in to form
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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Recent Examples of crystallize
The juice is extracted, boiled, cleaned of impurities, and crystallized.
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The perfect plan began to crystallize.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Others, including area studies and international studies, were essentially invented or crystallized at this time.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The bigger story, in fact, wasn’t the result of either game, but the individual performances that have crystallized the battle to make Vancouver’s 23-man roster.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The perfect plan began to crystallize.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Others, including area studies and international studies, were essentially invented or crystallized at this time.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
The bigger story, in fact, wasn’t the result of either game, but the individual performances that have crystallized the battle to make Vancouver’s 23-man roster.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallize
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In Tokyo, the Nakameguro Sakura Matsuri Festival (held mid/late March to early April) brings with it some 800 trees that form a pink arch over the Meguro River.—
Kristin Braswell,
AFAR Media,
7 Oct. 2025
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Girard and Manson form a good, but unspectacular, second pair that has struggled at times to stay healthy.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Israel is expected to keep some troops in Gaza for now, but would eventually remove them as the ceasefire solidifies and peace takes hold.—
Greg Myre,
NPR,
9 Oct. 2025
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Over an eight-year period their secret romance solidifies into love, as in the original book from author Rachel Reid.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Crystallize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallize. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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