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as in concentrated
to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control
plans to consolidate several branches into one regional office
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as in intensified
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
another win would consolidate their hold on first place in their division
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Recent Examples of consolidated
Even though the shares have consolidated since that sharp gap lower, ALLY’s dip has a historically bullish signal flashing.
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Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
As part of various rounds of layoffs over the past two years, 20th TV and ABC Signature consolidated their production and casting operations.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
But that gradually ceded to commercial pressures as big media companies consolidated their power.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Hospital markets have become increasingly consolidated in the last decade, the analysis shows.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
As part of various rounds of layoffs over the past two years, 20th TV and ABC Signature consolidated their production and casting operations.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
But that gradually ceded to commercial pressures as big media companies consolidated their power.
—CBS News, 1 Oct. 2024
Hospital markets have become increasingly consolidated in the last decade, the analysis shows.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Rescue teams searching for people missing from the storm have intensified their efforts in nearby ravines and the Albufera wetlands as well as at sea using specialist search boats.Reuters, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The surge in casualties is primarily due to relentless missile strikes and intensified use of glide bombs, particularly in Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, along with drone attacks near the front lines in Kherson.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Baseball’s leaner, meaner look is further enhanced by sports’ least taxing commercial breaks; at two minutes and five seconds per pod, the sponsor messages blow by faster than a Ben Joyce heater.Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Integrating rotating detonation rocket engine Venus Aerospace enhanced the traditional ramjet concept by integrating a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) into the VDR2.Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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Microsoft has integrated its flagship AI product, Copilot, into its suite of business apps.Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Google has integrated its Gemini GAI models into search, providing a summary of search topics alongside traditional results.Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The country’s economic woes deepened over the past year, with inflation at a record high and more than 40% of Argentinians now living in poverty.Zac Ntim, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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Over nine years, a friendship formed and deepened, eventually evolving into a romantic relationship.Charley Ross, Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
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Rogers & Cowan merged with PMK*BNC (the previous union of two other big Hollywood PR firms) in July 2019 to encompass more than 500 clients across film, TV, music, fashion, sports and more.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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Helene conjured rains in the area days before the massive cyclone arrived in the state, and merged with other storm systems, which resulted in even more rain.Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
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The revolution, rooted in a Vodou ceremony, heightened white fears that Black religious practices were catalysts for Black liberation.Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús / Made by History, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Security tensions are heightened at the moment, with the Crowd Strike experience fresh in minds and the situations in the Middle East and Eastern Europe raising alert levels and the prospect of offensive cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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This shift in attitude suggests that augmented workers, in all types of organizations, could see their professional identity strengthened—rather than undermined—by the appropriate use of GenAI.Riccarda Joas, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
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Hostilities between the two Korean leaders have been simmering this year as North Korea has appeared to have intensified its nuclear production efforts and strengthened ties with Russia, deepening widespread concern in the West over the isolated nation’s direction.Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Consolidated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidated. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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