jell

verb

ˈjel How to pronounce jell (audio)
Definition of jellnext
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 With that drama in the past, the team quickly jelled on the ice. — Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026 Injuries have loomed large for Kings The Kings’ unbalanced roster hasn’t jelled, and the team has sparsely played well during a mostly miserable season on the court. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 7 Feb. 2026 The realization seemed to harden their resolve, and jelled into one of the most efficient political movements to hit Washington in decades. — Philip Elliott, Time, 11 Dec. 2025 This last couple of them jelled. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jell
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jell
  1. form
  2. gel
  3. crystallize
  4. stiffen
  5. solidify
  6. freeze
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  • Three factions -- all aligned with Netanyahu's religious-nationalist base -- recommended Netanyahu be given a chance to form a coalition government, while a fourth -- led by a former Netanyahu ally turned rival -- recommended Eisenkot.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Tin lowers the energy barrier for lithium nucleation, helping lithium begin forming at the interface.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
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  • But what fleeting experiments the band attempts don’t gel into much.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The question will be about how quickly this team can gel and get everything connected.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of gel
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  • The frustration was recently crystallized in a scorecard produced by a group of MAHA faithful that concluded that the administration partially kept just five of its promises to MAHA — and broke 37.
    — Brinda Adhikari, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The team’s ideas crystalized into the Huang-Jiang-Oblomkov (HJO) conjecture.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of crystallize
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  • Some people stiffen up and look pretty uncomfortable in front of my big camera.
    — Sarah Matusek, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The United States and its allies must strive to stiffen the security of their military research, production, and supply chains.
    — Sam Mullins, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of stiffen
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  • But as the map has solidified in the last month, all three toss-ups now lean toward Democrats.
    — Maham Javaid, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Having monitors at polling places helps solidify confidence in elections.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of solidify
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  • The questions about the papers were so significant that SSRN, the platform Polson used to share the research papers, took down the articles over the past month and froze the accounts used to post the works.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • New grid connections around Dublin were effectively frozen for three years.
    — Serhiy Tokarev, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
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“Jell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jell. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.

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