solidify

verb

sə-ˈli-də-ˌfī How to pronounce solidify (audio)
Definition of solidifynext
1
as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid water solidifying into ice

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2
as in to form
to take on a definite form my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify

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Recent Examples of solidify The numbers continue to impress and solidify the stock's place in our portfolio. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Oct. 2026 Black voters, long considered the backbone of Bass’ coalition, solidified behind the mayor, with 71% of likely Black voters supporting her compared with 13% supporting Raman. — Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Katie Holmes, Margot Robbie, and Reese Witherspoon have worn the blush, too, which only solidified my need to try it. — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2026 Three transactions in four years, across three categories, have solidified The Center’s reputation as a force in brand building. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for solidify
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidify
  1. freeze
  2. form
  3. harden
  4. crystallize
  5. stiffen
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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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  • 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
Definition of form
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  • Matt Pender is the vice president of undergrounding and system hardening for PG&E.
    — Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Some stories can harden moral perception, of course, pushing us to dichotomize the purely good and the purely evil, as in the moral pornography of superhero comics and revenge flicks.
    — Paul Bloom, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
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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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“Solidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidify. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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