SOLIDIFIED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

solidified

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past tense of solidify

as in froze

to become physically firm or solid water solidifying into ice

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as in formed

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

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Recent Examples of solidified The game’s template solidified over the course of four Game Changer installments, doled out once per season until Make Some Noise became a stand-alone show in 2022. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 July 2026 Magomed Ankalaev solidified his top light heavyweight contender status with a dominant fifth-round TKO victory over late replacement Bogdan Guskov at UFC Fight Night in Abu Dhabi. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026 And who could forget his 300th homer that all but solidified his own Hall of Fame résumé. — Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 The move may have solidified his status as the most influential American mayor on the international stage since Rudy Giuliani. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 24 July 2026 OpenAI carried out a recapitalization in October that solidified its structure as a nonprofit, called the OpenAI Foundation, with a controlling stake in its for-profit business, the OpenAI Group PBC. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 21 July 2026 That’s like the icing on the cake, the cherry on top and that would solidified our legacy forever. — Kyle Eustice, VIBE.com, 17 July 2026 Atlanta solidified its reputation as the nation’s Black cultural capital, home to thriving historically Black colleges and universities, Fortune 500 companies, influential churches, artists, filmmakers, and political leaders. — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 17 July 2026 Jonathan Taylor’s legacy with the Indianapolis Colts is already solidified. — James Boyd, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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The bank froze the gold after the UK – along with the US and numerous other countries – refused to recognize Maduro as the winner of Venezuela’s disputed 2018 presidential election.

— German Padinger, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
A week into the president’s second term, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget issued a memo that temporarily froze federal assistance and grants to all states, including funding that supports nursing homes and hospitals.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 24 July 2026

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For watering, fill the central cup formed by the plant’s leaves with fresh water, as the plant absorbs moisture through its foliage.

— Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 22 July 2026
Likewise, The New York Times's Sydney Schanberg also took a room and would go on to coauthor the story—alongside photographer Dith Pran—that formed the basis of the award-winning film The Killing Fields.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

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In the meantime, the less polished but battle-hardened Ethereum will emerge yet again as the more sensible software layer to power the next era of financial innovation.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 27 July 2026
As many Americans have soured on the country in the wake of its brutal campaign in Gaza, Maher’s views have only hardened.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Definition of hardened

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That brittleness, though, is exactly what has made Criston’s turn toward nihilism at the end of the second season, and now crystallized in episode five, so gratifying.

— The Editors, Vulture, 17 July 2026
According to interviews with Hooper, the concept for the film crystallized for him after a Christmastime visit to a Montgomery Ward department store.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 July 2026

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Dogs that have stiffened up with age get an advanced joint-support chew with glucosamine, MSM, and collagen.

— Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Graham's aorta, at 71, tore, a dissection along a wall stiffened by decades of what the medical examiner called arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

— Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 13 July 2026

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