1
as in to form
to take on a definite form
our ideas for the marketing campaign are just beginning to jell
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2
as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the sauce will jell once it cools down
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Recent Examples of jell
The quintet jelled quickly to prove themselves to Cowell and the other judges.
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Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
To say Ross’ ideas for the film jelled successfully would be putting it mildly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The endlessly charming ensemble has really jelled together and bonded with the material, making for terrific chemistry and energy.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Afterwards, the running back spoke about how the team has jelled in recent weeks.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
To say Ross’ ideas for the film jelled successfully would be putting it mildly.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The endlessly charming ensemble has really jelled together and bonded with the material, making for terrific chemistry and energy.
—Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
Afterwards, the running back spoke about how the team has jelled in recent weeks.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jell
Verb
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Once soaked, the seeds form a gel-like consistency that can help move things along in your gut.—
Jonathan Purtell,
Verywell Health,
19 May 2025
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Chicago and Northwest Indiana formed an industrial hub then with plentiful factory jobs in everything from the steel mills behind the buildings making up the city's iconic skyline to car factories assembling the Fords cruising along Lake Shore Drive.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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One night our fifth grade son’s slightly spastic basketball team suddenly gelled.—
Drew Ramsey,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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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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Ice cream and frozen treats: Since invert sugar crystallizes more slowly and less frequently than other sugars, it is widely used in frozen treats like ice cream.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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Many enduring genres crystallized in the mid-thirties—the screwball comedy, the grand-scale action adventure, big-boned literary adaptations, the modern musical (a template exemplified by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)—and all were illuminated and endorsed by Sennwald.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 May 2025
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Lucy’s Law, among other things, stiffens the penalties for seriously injuring someone in a boat crash.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Posture And Mobility: Undoing The Sedentary Spiral Extended sitting does more than stiffen your spine.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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The gargantuan geoengineering project would require half a million underwater drones to pull water from below the melting ice cap and spray it onto the surface to freeze.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Or nix a plan to freeze state worker salary increases next year?—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2025
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Behind fast starts in the first two sets and strong finishes in the last two, the Warriors (13-1) further solidified their confidence as a leading Div. 1 title contender with another 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-22, 25-18) over No. 4 Needham – this time in a gym none of them had ever won in before.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2025
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By encapsulating the chemical compounds from the algae in silica nanoparticles and then suspending them in a liquid gel that would later solidify when exposed to ultraviolet light, the scientists created SNAP-X, which can cure in place and deliver extended chemical signals.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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“Jell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jell. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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