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
If the Steelers' offense can gel under Rodgers, expect the 40 percent playoff outlook to jump up early on.
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The redshirt senior entered spring practices already having the playbook essentially memorized and gelled with the rest of his offensive linemen almost immediately.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The rock band had time to gel in front of the cameras.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
That’s actually worked out really well so far as the unlikely duo has gelled quite nicely and Flair is arguably more over as a babyface than she’s ever been.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
The redshirt senior entered spring practices already having the playbook essentially memorized and gelled with the rest of his offensive linemen almost immediately.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Aug. 2025
The rock band had time to gel in front of the cameras.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2025
That’s actually worked out really well so far as the unlikely duo has gelled quite nicely and Flair is arguably more over as a babyface than she’s ever been.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
Verb
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Stop watering when the ground freezes and restart the watering routine in spring once garlic starts to sprout.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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Emails included in the lawsuit between Zuckerberg and the company's tech support team date back to May 2020, in which similar account freezes from 2017 are mentioned.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
6 Sep. 2025
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But most recently it has been hit from several sides, most notably stiffening competition primarily from Amazon, off-pricers and membership clubs as well as Walmart and Target.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.—
Kevin J. Farmer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Aug. 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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The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 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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On impact, the particles clump together, blocking the flow of liquids and ions.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Studies have shown that both erythritol and xylitol may cause blood platelets to more easily clump — creating clots that can break off and travel to the heart, triggering a heart attack, or to the brain, damaging blood vessels or triggering a stroke.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
3 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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From above, viewers can observe globules of a strange black fluid congealing, popping, and morphing unexpectedly inside of it.—
Christy Lange,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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In one study, it was found that the disease triggered the development of sac-like molecules carrying blood-clotting proteins that increased stroke risk.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Aug. 2025
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Some patients' bodies continue to make the clotting gene for years after starting treatment.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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