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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
By Friday, the scope of the NEH cuts was crystallizing as arts and humanities organizations began grappling with the loss of money previously approved by Congress, and social media lighted up with reports of NEH staffers being put on administrative leave.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The relationships and the conflicts that might define or crystallize or complete these characters’ journeys never really materialize, aside from a couple of pro-forma gunfights that feel airlifted in from another, more conventional western.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The visions, a versatile piece filling multiple roles in an already talented secondary, began to crystallize.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
New research from the University of Bayreuth and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) conducted here on Earth found that an iron and sulphur mixture mirroring the Red Planet’s inner core crystallized under high heat and pressure.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The relationships and the conflicts that might define or crystallize or complete these characters’ journeys never really materialize, aside from a couple of pro-forma gunfights that feel airlifted in from another, more conventional western.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 May 2025
The visions, a versatile piece filling multiple roles in an already talented secondary, began to crystallize.
—Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
New research from the University of Bayreuth and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) conducted here on Earth found that an iron and sulphur mixture mirroring the Red Planet’s inner core crystallized under high heat and pressure.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallize
Verb
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These incidents—one an expression of striving in the sky, the other a horrific crashing-to-earth—form the two poles of the novel, which comes down on the side of uplift.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The League of Women Voters, formed out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, lobbied Congress for married women’s independent citizenship.—
Time,
Time,
19 May 2025
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Behind fast starts in the first two sets and strong finishes in the last two, the Warriors (13-1) further solidified their confidence as a leading Div. 1 title contender with another 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-22, 25-18) over No. 4 Needham – this time in a gym none of them had ever won in before.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2025
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By encapsulating the chemical compounds from the algae in silica nanoparticles and then suspending them in a liquid gel that would later solidify when exposed to ultraviolet light, the scientists created SNAP-X, which can cure in place and deliver extended chemical signals.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Crystallize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallize. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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