RIGIDIFYING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

rigidifying

verb

present participle of rigidify

as in crystallizing

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Read on for some thoughts on Microsoft’s crystallizing Windows strategy, my hands-on experience with the new search box, and a disappointing change coming soon for Microsoft 365 users.

— Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
There was also a sense of celebration at completing five years of the three day, bi-annual event, which has been crystallizing and finding a sharper focus each season.

— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of crystallizing

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Proposition 132 attempts to address these concerns by stiffening legal penalties.

— Joshua Barocas, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
But one of the positives Glenn highlighted was the defense stiffening in the red zone against Chicago, which went 2 of 7 inside the New York 20-yard line.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

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Hugh followed me to the first patch of blood, reached down in the little hollow where the blood was already coagulating, and picked up a piece of tissue.

— ANGUS CAMERON, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026
As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026

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First, Redick offered a shady response about the team gelling after superstar LeBron James departed.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Carrick using Mbeumo as a centre-forward is not new — but the way United’s forward line is gelling around him is.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of gelling

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Participants may have also been taking aspirin because of a history of heart attack or stroke, which could have lessened Lp(a)’s clotting risk.

— Erika Edwards, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026
An anticoagulant in their saliva prevents the blood from clotting up.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of clotting

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