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Recent Examples of solidify Chance and Carter continued their tag team run, eventually capturing the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, solidifying their status as champions on both brands. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025 Kishi believes that enacting some of the pro-union reforms that drew support from young Republicans in the American Compass survey could solidify the political realignment that has occurred in recent years, leading more and more blue-collar workers to view the Republican Party as their home. Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 May 2025 Instead, the dynamic playmaker from Jersey City can now enhance his draft stock and solidify his status as one of the top prospects in the 2026 class. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025 Musk, who is also CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is a complicating character in Trump’s effort to solidify U.S. leadership in AI. Kate Rooney,ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for solidify
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Verb
  • The next year, in January 2024, a dealer told Mitsubishi the software would freeze up and stop responding.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 13 June 2025
  • Half a world away, in Washington, D.C., President Trump signed an executive order with a Sharpie, freezing almost all foreign aid.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • In a medieval village where children are forbidden to go near the sea, 10-year-old Anna forms an unlikely duo with her whimsical, mysterious grandmother.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 12 June 2025
  • While everyone could see the vibrant communities forming through online video, the creator economy was still so nascent that its ambitions remained somewhat muted.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
Verb
  • Democratic policies regarding immigration have evolved as attitudes, even among Latinos, have hardened after record border crossings during former President Joe Biden‘s administration.
    Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
  • Now, your union advised agricultural employers to harden work sites.
    A Martínez, NPR, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Perhaps no other issue has crystallized criticism of Trump’s immigration agenda like the deportation of Venezuelan nationals to El Salvador.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 10 June 2025
  • This model crystallized in the late twentieth century, with the neurologist Oliver Sacks and a pair of Yale surgeons, Sherwin B. Nuland and Richard Selzer.
    Danielle Ofri, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
Verb
  • The competition has definitely stiffened, after all.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 June 2025
  • The defense stiffened, forcing two punts and a turnover on downs to set up Chris Callahan’s game-winning 28-yard kick.
    David Ubben, New York Times, 22 May 2025

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“Solidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidify. Accessed 24 Jun. 2025.

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