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 Ice, inevitably, crystalizes in the country’s legends and stories. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 July 2026 In marketing, the brief has always been where strategy crystallizes or falls apart. Laiba Tariq, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Whitehead, meanwhile, crystalizes his sense of what makes the city run, where Carney fits in, and how the straight and crooked worlds are entwined in one strange ecosystem with laws that only the lawless can enforce. David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Corgan, The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, gives an answer here that crystallizes one of baseball’s many charms. Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Prior research into the shooter and his family combined with the new report crystalizes a picture of extremism, said Rachel Carroll Rivas, deputy director of research at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026 Which ultimately crystalizes the season that has delivered the Heat to Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center. Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026 This is the first Hitchcock film that fully crystallizes his distinct sense of dark humor, which is one of the key elements that sets his thrillers apart from those of his contemporaries and imitators. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 The movie crystalizes when the four meet their class peers, the Tripathi family, at their summer cottage. James Folta, Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
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  • Chester Dale, whose bequest forms the core of the NGA’s Cassatt holdings, favored the range of her female subjects, from girlhood and adolescence to adulthood and old age.
    Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The drug binds to a pocket that forms only when KRAS carries one of these mutations.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
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  • This incident, which occurred after he was allegedly seen drinking at bars, solidifies a pattern of injury and questionable decision-making for the player.
    Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • But this solidifies the plan, at least to begin training camp.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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“Crystallizes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallizes. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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