as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
The touring band gelled quickly, with the trio putting a new spin upon the tracks live on stage each night, releasing their debut album Live Flowers as mssv (main steam stop valve) later that year.
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The defining hairstyle consisted of swoops or curls gelled to the forehead.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 6 May 2025
One night our fifth grade son’s slightly spastic basketball team suddenly gelled.
—Drew Ramsey, CNBC, 14 May 2025
So far, however, Mantzoukas’s high energy is gelling well with the show’s competitive bent.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
The defining hairstyle consisted of swoops or curls gelled to the forehead.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 6 May 2025
One night our fifth grade son’s slightly spastic basketball team suddenly gelled.
—Drew Ramsey, CNBC, 14 May 2025
So far, however, Mantzoukas’s high energy is gelling well with the show’s competitive bent.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
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The study confirms the central role played by federal funding in supporting STEM doctoral research, a finding that comes as the Trump administration is freezing and cancelling billions of dollars in government funding across a broad swath of scientific areas.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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But in January, DOE grant funding was frozen while President Donald Trump's administration reviewed individual awardees.—
Rick Barrett,
jsonline.com,
7 July 2025
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Many Republicans would like to stiffen the work requirements by requiring work of recipients who are up to age 65 or are the parents of children who are more than six years old.—
Tracy Roof,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Police Department, along with representatives from AT&T and Spectrum, are urging lawmakers to stiffen the penalties for cable theft.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Feb. 2025
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Small Batch is one of the few businesses in the region taking a chance on jellying the fruit, despite seeing little interest.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2025
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
24 May 2018
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Everything just kind of jelled together the right way.—
Gary Curreri,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2025
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The team will then break for six weeks before returning for training camp in late July, at which point Maye and the rest of the offense will have weeks to continue jelling before the season begins.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2025
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Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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Environmental Benefits of Increasing Oysters in U.S. Waters Found in salty or coastal waters, oysters clump together to live in shells, along piers and on top of rocks.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Blood clots are clumped together by thread-like proteins called fibrin.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2025
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In the adjacent living room, the remains of a lobster dinner were congealing.—
Timothy Crouse,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2025
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Especially with The Minecraft Movie congealing at the two-month mark.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
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Conditions like silent high blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, or clotting disorders can also go undetected in people who appear otherwise healthy.—
Taayoo Murray,
Essence,
27 May 2025
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Bleeding disorders Heavy bleeding during a period could be a sign of a bleeding disorder such as immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), which prevents blood from clotting properly.—
Ashley Abramson,
SELF,
7 May 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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