variants
also crystalized
as in formed
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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Recent Examples of crystallized
Eventually, that magma cooled, crystalized, and solidified creating these rare Australian carbonatites.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These carbon-rich rocks simply crystallized out of the ocean, conjured by some of the most extreme ocean chemistry in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In this new era, critical minerals policy, geopolitics, and supply chain management have crystallized into a single strategic variable.
—Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The juice is clarified, concentrated, and crystallized.
—Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Osit says the 2006 incident crystallized a long-lasting disdain for the true crime documentary genre.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Riding the dopamine effect, which crystallized around affordable but hard-to-get small treats and dovetails with the end of the decade-long global luxury boom, has turbocharged Pop Mart’s 2024 performance.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These carbon-rich rocks simply crystallized out of the ocean, conjured by some of the most extreme ocean chemistry in Earth history.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
In this new era, critical minerals policy, geopolitics, and supply chain management have crystallized into a single strategic variable.
—Robert Ginsburg, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
The juice is clarified, concentrated, and crystallized.
—Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
Osit says the 2006 incident crystallized a long-lasting disdain for the true crime documentary genre.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Riding the dopamine effect, which crystallized around affordable but hard-to-get small treats and dovetails with the end of the decade-long global luxury boom, has turbocharged Pop Mart’s 2024 performance.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallized
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The report was researched and written by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which was formed by the Human Right Council in 2021, as an independent investigative body.—
Kevin Shalvey,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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In this case, the new, smaller black hole that formed from the collision shot through space at more than 31 miles per second – fast enough to escape its host galaxy and the surrounding globular cluster of stars bound together by gravity.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Following the latest reports on inflation, expectations for a quarter-point rate cut, which were already high, became all but solidified.—
JJ Kinahan,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The motion was withdrawn after a significant public and judicial backlash, an episode that solidified her image as a guardian of institutional integrity against an overreaching executive.—
Sugam Pokharel,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Crystallized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallized. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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