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Recent Examples of thicken
Reduce heat to low; simmer until sauce thickens, 5-10 minutes.
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
April was fairly cloudy and cool along the San Diego County coastline, and May will start the same way as low pressure from the northwest continues to thicken the marine layer.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Molina writes in pulse-like scenes, and each vignette thickens the novel’s uneasy atmosphere, obscuring our conception of place and, eventually, our conception of what’s real.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The sauce may thicken after sitting a while, so stir it before using and add up to 1 additional tablespoon (15 ml) of soy milk to thin it, if desired.
—Michael Greger, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2025
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Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2025
April was fairly cloudy and cool along the San Diego County coastline, and May will start the same way as low pressure from the northwest continues to thicken the marine layer.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
Molina writes in pulse-like scenes, and each vignette thickens the novel’s uneasy atmosphere, obscuring our conception of place and, eventually, our conception of what’s real.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
The sauce may thicken after sitting a while, so stir it before using and add up to 1 additional tablespoon (15 ml) of soy milk to thin it, if desired.
—Michael Greger, Flow Space, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicken
Verb
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Lucy’s Law, among other things, stiffens the penalties for seriously injuring someone in a boat crash.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 May 2025
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Posture And Mobility: Undoing The Sedentary Spiral Extended sitting does more than stiffen your spine.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Verb
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This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Michael Cuby,
Them.,
14 May 2025
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This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.—
Jessica DuLong,
CNN Money,
12 May 2025
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Related article Ships, sea drones and AI: How NATO is hardening its defense of critical Baltic undersea cables CNN was not able to locate the registered owner of the Jaguar for comment.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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These devices must be hardened against attackers seeking stealthy persistence.—
Yuriy Bulygin,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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The gargantuan geoengineering project would require half a million underwater drones to pull water from below the melting ice cap and spray it onto the surface to freeze.—
Jeanna Bryner,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Barkov started to slide the puck between his legs, freezing Raanta for a potential flip toward the net.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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By encapsulating the chemical compounds from the algae in silica nanoparticles and then suspending them in a liquid gel that would later solidify when exposed to ultraviolet light, the scientists created SNAP-X, which can cure in place and deliver extended chemical signals.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Behind fast starts in the first two sets and strong finishes in the last two, the Warriors (13-1) further solidified their confidence as a leading Div. 1 title contender with another 3-0 sweep (25-16, 25-22, 25-18) over No. 4 Needham – this time in a gym none of them had ever won in before.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 May 2025
Verb
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There’s something striking about how Black Mirror, which primarily fixates on near-futuristic tech conceits as a lens through which to unpack human anxieties, has effectively spanned the length of our collective curdling relationship with technology.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2025
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But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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She is caked in mud with a black eye and a nasty gash on her ankle.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
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The base also washes itself with 176-degree water so it doesn't get caked in grime and dries the mops with 140-degree heated air.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Thicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicken. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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