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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
The popularity of OpenClaw, the agent platform that OpenAI acquired, has crystallized another big AI race.
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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
Nagarjuna is precise about the moment his identity as an actor crystallized.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 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
In a March 2026 interview with THR, O’Brien said his appearance on Hot Ones in 2024 was the moment everything crystallized.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Support has recently crystallized around Ayatollah Khamenei's hard-line son Mojtaba.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
His conundrum is crystallized in his promise to make more movies — 30 a year between both studios.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
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
Nagarjuna is precise about the moment his identity as an actor crystallized.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 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
In a March 2026 interview with THR, O’Brien said his appearance on Hot Ones in 2024 was the moment everything crystallized.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Support has recently crystallized around Ayatollah Khamenei's hard-line son Mojtaba.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
His conundrum is crystallized in his promise to make more movies — 30 a year between both studios.
—Reeves Wiedeman, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallized
Verb
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Iran has formed human chains in the past around its nuclear sites at times of heightened tensions with the West.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The moon has patterns of ejecta that formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface and then ejected material onto the surface.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Maybe Korchinski has solidified himself as a puzzle piece.—
Kalen Lumpkins,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The two Dutch brands have since solidified their working relationship and now expand their collaborative efforts with Karsten's new Tent on Wheels (ToW).—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Crystallized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallized. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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