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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
Reagan’s ascendency solidified the shift of the GOP to the right.
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Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
While in-classroom learning is important in teaching the basic concepts, learning is solidified by experiencing the real-world applications of these concepts.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Statehood and Democratic Dominance The push for statehood further solidified Democratic control.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In the following years, Donaldson solidified himself as a mainstream YouTuber with bigger videos and giving away more money.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Rees / Made By History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
While in-classroom learning is important in teaching the basic concepts, learning is solidified by experiencing the real-world applications of these concepts.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
Statehood and Democratic Dominance The push for statehood further solidified Democratic control.
—Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
In the following years, Donaldson solidified himself as a mainstream YouTuber with bigger videos and giving away more money.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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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Like Carpenter’s floor plans, which in 1912 crystallized his ideas for superior apartment planning in the design for 635 Park Avenue, Candela’s also adhere to certain consistent principles for dividing the apartment into discrete areas for entertaining, service, and private life.David Netto, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2024
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Honey Cold temperatures can cause honey to crystallize more quickly than when stored in a dark, cool place like your pantry.Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 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 26 Nov. 2024.
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