variants
also crystalize
as in to form
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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These rocks likely crystallized from the magma ocean that covered the moon after that final giant impact.
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
For many, this change was crystallized by recent global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing geopolitical instability, which have amplified concerns about sustainability and inequality—and created a mental health crisis.
—Christoffer Bouet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Spoken Softly with Mama (1998), an installation originally staged for the Museum of Modern Art, crystallizes many of Campos-Pons’s thematic concerns across the years.
—The Artnews Awards Jury, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024
The Cambon’s cultural dominance truly crystallized on a 2006 episode of MTV’s The Hills, a show arguably more emblematic of this period than any other.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 18 Dec. 2024
For many, this change was crystallized by recent global events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic and increasing geopolitical instability, which have amplified concerns about sustainability and inequality—and created a mental health crisis.
—Christoffer Bouet, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Spoken Softly with Mama (1998), an installation originally staged for the Museum of Modern Art, crystallizes many of Campos-Pons’s thematic concerns across the years.
—The Artnews Awards Jury, ARTnews.com, 4 Dec. 2024
The Cambon’s cultural dominance truly crystallized on a 2006 episode of MTV’s The Hills, a show arguably more emblematic of this period than any other.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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