as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
Men’s Pro Doubles Recap After weeks of top players dancing around new partners, and more than two months removed from the big Johns brothers split up, this event finally seems to have the top teams gelled and competing.
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Their soft-heartedness is not meant to gel with the logical, oft-aloof Gemini.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
This allows management to see how this team gels before making any further moves.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Let the mixture sit overnight in the fridge—the seeds will gel and expand into a pudding-like consistency.
—Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 11 Mar. 2025
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Todd Boss, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Their soft-heartedness is not meant to gel with the logical, oft-aloof Gemini.
—Maya Layne, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025
This allows management to see how this team gels before making any further moves.
—James Mirtle, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Let the mixture sit overnight in the fridge—the seeds will gel and expand into a pudding-like consistency.
—Devineé Lingo, M.s., Health, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
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On March 25, the Wall Street Journal reported that HHS was considering freezing $27.5 million out of the more than $200 million allocated for Title X’s annual budget.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Canada’s transportation minister later froze the payments and is investigating the validity of the sales.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
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Inflation, perhaps stiffened by tariffs, and uncertainty over the future of the labor market have left consumers feeling uneasy.—
DeArbea Walker,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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After a second quarter defensive letdown, the Heat stiffened against a team that leads the league in points per 100 possessions, at 122.4.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.—
CNN,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
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The vaunted big three of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal just never jelled into the offensive juggernaut they were supposed to become.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
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But the combination of Metcalf and Pickens will be a nightmare for opposing secondaries, so long as Pickens can jell with the more proven wideout.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
10 Mar. 2025
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But there was another possible explanation the company didn’t discuss: Blood could coagulate inside the filter if the dialysis machine’s flow rate was set too low.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hope needs to find hope and coagulate into a giant hope.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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Types of Kitty Litter (and When to Use Them) Types of litter vary based on consistency, clumping ability, and scent.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
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Tiny grains of dust scattered across the cosmos can collect in disks around young stars and clump together to eventually form planets.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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On the road were bodies, bullet casings and congealing pools of blood.—
Emmet Livingstone,
The Dial,
20 Mar. 2025
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Pools of blood filled the crevices and congealed in clots.—
Enrique Krauze,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Nov. 2013
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Treatments like clotting factor infusions help blood clot better, and new advances, such as gene therapy, are improving care.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
17 Mar. 2025
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An acute subdural hematoma is usually actively bleeding, while a chronic subdural hematoma has mainly clotted blood.—
Smita Patel,
Verywell Health,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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