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as in to freeze
to become physically firm or solid
water solidifying into ice
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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
Then, Tuesday, Knecht put on the biggest show of his young career, scoring 37 points and solidifying early hype as one of the biggest steals in the NBA draft.
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Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
The episode wins points (that’s a football term) for solidifying one of Friends’ best running bits: Monica’s intensely competitive nature.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Her nomination was solidified at the Democratic National Committee in Chicago in August, where Harris made history as the first woman of color to top a major party ticket.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2024
That would allow Cashman to solidify the infield and have plenty of money left over to continue upgrading the roster.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
The episode wins points (that’s a football term) for solidifying one of Friends’ best running bits: Monica’s intensely competitive nature.
—Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Her nomination was solidified at the Democratic National Committee in Chicago in August, where Harris made history as the first woman of color to top a major party ticket.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2024
That would allow Cashman to solidify the infield and have plenty of money left over to continue upgrading the roster.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for solidify
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However, Boeing refused to meet strikers’ demand to restore a company pension plan that was frozen nearly a decade ago.David Koenig, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Place them back on the baking sheet and freeze for 15 minutes to firm up the chocolate.Jillian Kubala, Health, 4 Nov. 2024
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Steve Spence / National Geographic Tiny organisms called coral polyps come together in complex networks to form colonies that then make up even larger coral reefs.Peter Guo, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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In 1925, Chrysler bought the assets of the failing Maxwell Motor Co. to form his own company.David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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The unequal recovery since the Great Recession and frustration that costly college degrees haven’t always yielded meaningful returns have only hardened those attitudes.Maria Flynn, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Since 2020, the nation’s electoral apparatus has upgraded its equipment, tightened its procedures, improved its audits, and hardened its defenses against subversion by bad actors, foreign or domestic.Barton Gellman, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
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While most films would crystallize their theses as they near their end, Martha invites ambiguity and uncertainty.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The pandemic crystallized the impact of this on so many levels.Prem Ramkumar, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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In Electric mode, at the halfway point of throttle pedal travel the action stiffens.Mark Ewing, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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The same law that stiffened ID on in-person voting stiffened ID requirements for getting absentee ballots, and eliminated in-person early voting the Monday before an election.Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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“Solidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solidify. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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