CONSOLIDATING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

consolidating

verb

present participle of consolidate

as in concentrating

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 intensifying

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 consolidating Although teams are trying to play more directly to work the ball through or over man-to-man presses, there is still the possibility of consolidating possession once the initial attack breaks down. —

Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Nexstar also was in the process of consolidating Tegna’s operations and top Tegna executives had cashed out. —

Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 The agency also announced a major reorganization this week, consolidating some of its current departments into larger ones. —

Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026 The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District recently voted to close Dove and Bransford elementary schools due to a decline in enrollments, and will be consolidating schools in the upcoming school year. —

Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026 On the North Side, the plan calls for closing both Manchester and Schiller 6-8, consolidating those students at Martin Luther King and the Allegheny Traditional Academy. —

Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Meta is moving 7,000 employees into roles focused on artificial intelligence and consolidating them into four new organizations, according to a source familiar with the matter. —

Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 19 May 2026 Not by consolidating everything into a single super-platform — that’s a different and usually a more expensive conversation — but by making sure the systems that mattered could exchange information without manual handoffs. —

Dennis Woodside, Fortune, 17 May 2026 The debate comes as recent polls have shown that Democrats have begun consolidating behind former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, who has seen a surge of support in the last month, and billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer. —

Grace Hase, Mercury News, 15 May 2026

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But a more even distribution of visitors is at least a different proposition from concentrating demand into the hottest, busiest months.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
Signatories argue that the consolidation risks concentrating unprecedented influence over film financing, distribution and exhibition in the hands of a conservative media empire increasingly associated with right-wing editorial politics in the run up to the next presidential election in 2027.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 22 May 2026