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
Viewers who stick with Murderbot will be rewarded with a moving finale, one that solidifies the characters’ relationship with SecUnit and seems to set up the story from Wells’ second book, 2018’s Artificial Condition.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Coolmore, led by John Magnier and JP McManus, had amassed their holding during a friendship with Ferguson, who wished to solidify his power base when United was a plc, but their relationship soured over a dispute for the stud rights to Rock of Gibraltar.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Once the top three from each bracket are solidified, the queens will merge with the rest of the top competitors from all three groups.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
This demonstration effect served to intimidate potential rivals and solidify internal control.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Coolmore, led by John Magnier and JP McManus, had amassed their holding during a friendship with Ferguson, who wished to solidify his power base when United was a plc, but their relationship soured over a dispute for the stud rights to Rock of Gibraltar.
—Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Once the top three from each bracket are solidified, the queens will merge with the rest of the top competitors from all three groups.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 9 May 2025
This demonstration effect served to intimidate potential rivals and solidify internal control.
—Frank Lavin, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidify
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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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Or nix a plan to freeze state worker salary increases next year?—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
19 May 2025
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The League of Women Voters, formed out of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, lobbied Congress for married women’s independent citizenship.—
Time,
Time,
19 May 2025
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These incidents—one an expression of striving in the sky, the other a horrific crashing-to-earth—form the two poles of the novel, which comes down on the side of uplift.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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While the healing process can be beneficial in securing the implant in place, the scar tissue can also harden and contract around the insert, causing difficulties in regards to aesthetics — as well as pain — per the site.—
Michelle Lee,
People.com,
12 May 2025
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Without clear communication from management, early skepticism can harden into quiet resistance.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Ice cream and frozen treats: Since invert sugar crystallizes more slowly and less frequently than other sugars, it is widely used in frozen treats like ice cream.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
8 May 2025
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Many enduring genres crystallized in the mid-thirties—the screwball comedy, the grand-scale action adventure, big-boned literary adaptations, the modern musical (a template exemplified by the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers)—and all were illuminated and endorsed by Sennwald.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
7 May 2025
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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
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“Solidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidify. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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