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
Things begin to gel halfway through the season, especially as more aspects of the characters’ personalities and personal lives are revealed.
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The early reaction from critics on the Lido has been all over the map, with some raves, some middling scores and some who didn’t gel with the movie — or its leads — at all.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
If the Steelers' offense can gel under Rodgers, expect the 40 percent playoff outlook to jump up early on.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The rock band had time to gel in front of the cameras.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
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Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The early reaction from critics on the Lido has been all over the map, with some raves, some middling scores and some who didn’t gel with the movie — or its leads — at all.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2025
If the Steelers' offense can gel under Rodgers, expect the 40 percent playoff outlook to jump up early on.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The rock band had time to gel in front of the cameras.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
Verb
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Recipe Tips From The Test Kitchen To freeze this dish, let any leftover soup cool completely.—
Elizabeth Mervosh,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Early this year, the Danish Defense Intelligence Service assessed the risk from Russia once its Ukraine war stops or freezes in place.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Only on particularly bumpy tarmac did the GTS-spec suspension become too jarring with the adaptive dampers stiffened up in sport mode, but switching them to normal offered the best of both worlds—excellent, composed body control and tuning that ironed out imperfections remarkably well.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then Philly’s defensive line stiffened, forcing Baker Mayfield into a costly interception near the goal line.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 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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Researchers tasted the first trials of ant yogurt, where the milk had begun to coagulate and acidify, which are signs of early yogurt fermentation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Tofu is more minimally processed and made from unfermented, coagulated soy milk.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
16 Sep. 2025
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Up next will be the construction of new water quality testing lab space in a building previously dedicated to flocculation, or getting particles to clump together for easier removal.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Sep. 2025
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Time for some more electrolytes, but it’s clumped in the tube!—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
19 Sep. 2025
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While the rest of Burning Man celebrated, Kruglov lay prostrate on the ground at a faraway campsite in a comparatively desolate section of Black Rock City, his throat slashed, as a puddle of blood congealed around his lifeless body.—
Denver Nicks,
Rolling Stone,
14 Sep. 2025
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Might the thrill of their ambition congeal into something like obligation?—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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