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also crystalizing
as in forming
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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Recent Examples of crystallizing
Venus conjoins crystallizing Saturn in your 8th House of Serious Exchanges.
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Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Such occasions are crystallizing.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Welts said city officials are aware the team wants to stay in Dallas and wants to begin crystallizing the whereabouts of a new home starting in July.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
The market opportunity is crystallizing faster than anticipated.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Byard, who hopes to be here for the next Bears practice in May but may not be if free agency pulls him in a different direction, also sees a formula crystallizing for a multi-season run of success.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Photograph from Bettmann / Getty Was the Goetz incident a genuinely significant event, crystallizing something that was passing through the city, and perhaps is still with us today?
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
In this toxic blend, where arsenic reaches deadly concentrations, Li and his team found that the worm has a unique method of crystallizing arsenic inside its own cells to neutralize toxicity.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
Sea water flows into the small crystallizing ponds (salt beds) and the quantity of water is controlled by gravity and slate gates.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
Such occasions are crystallizing.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Welts said city officials are aware the team wants to stay in Dallas and wants to begin crystallizing the whereabouts of a new home starting in July.
—Devyani Chhetri, Dallas Morning News, 3 Mar. 2026
The market opportunity is crystallizing faster than anticipated.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Feb. 2026
Byard, who hopes to be here for the next Bears practice in May but may not be if free agency pulls him in a different direction, also sees a formula crystallizing for a multi-season run of success.
—Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Photograph from Bettmann / Getty Was the Goetz incident a genuinely significant event, crystallizing something that was passing through the city, and perhaps is still with us today?
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
In this toxic blend, where arsenic reaches deadly concentrations, Li and his team found that the worm has a unique method of crystallizing arsenic inside its own cells to neutralize toxicity.
—New Atlas, 16 Nov. 2025
Sea water flows into the small crystallizing ponds (salt beds) and the quantity of water is controlled by gravity and slate gates.
—Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallizing
forming
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The result revealed a surprising pattern—superconductivity appeared and strengthened over a specific range of conditions, forming a curved region known as a superconducting dome.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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Gandhi said forming an advisory committee would not necessarily prevent school closures.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Crystallizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallizing. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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