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as in to form
to take on a definite form
our ideas for the marketing campaign are just beginning to jell
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as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the sauce will jell once it cools down
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Recent Examples of jell
Still, there are a lot of new faces trying to jell.
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite losing several key players to graduation, the Gladiators jelled as a team, shaking off an early loss to eventual Class 3A state champion Severna Park to capture their final 15 games, including a 13-3 win over Queen Anne’s in the Class 2A state final for their first championship since 2018.
—Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
This lineup of Wings didn’t last too much longer, since McCulloch and Britton never jelled, and the drummer quit almost as soon as Venus and Mars came out.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
Over time the two jelled, with Mr. Biden leveraging his relationships on Capitol Hill to help steer a massive stimulus package through Congress in the Great Recession and to push the Affordable Care Act over the finish line.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024
Despite losing several key players to graduation, the Gladiators jelled as a team, shaking off an early loss to eventual Class 3A state champion Severna Park to capture their final 15 games, including a 13-3 win over Queen Anne’s in the Class 2A state final for their first championship since 2018.
—Rich Scherr, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
This lineup of Wings didn’t last too much longer, since McCulloch and Britton never jelled, and the drummer quit almost as soon as Venus and Mars came out.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2024
Over time the two jelled, with Mr. Biden leveraging his relationships on Capitol Hill to help steer a massive stimulus package through Congress in the Great Recession and to push the Affordable Care Act over the finish line.
—Katie Rogers, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
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The school's board also formed a seven-member ad hoc committee focused on school safety and called for the formation of a wider task force.Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Since the Columbine shooting, a toxic subculture glorifying mass shooters has formed in online spaces.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Chika: Also, our individual performances came together and gelled.Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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But everything just gelled, the success of us getting to work together, my touring and everything else fell into place.Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
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Lunar zircon, like other minerals on the moon, was thought to have crystallized from extreme temperatures when the moon was created, but its much older age has long confounded scientists.Denise Chow, NBC News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Black Emperor—and Freedom, the record that crystallized McMahon’s songwriting and elevated Amen Dunes beyond its origins as a reliquary of underground curios.Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 10 Dec. 2024
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After this revelation, competition began to stiffen, and in 2012 the Ecke family sold its company to a Dutch agricultural operation, citing global competition and consolidation.Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 29 Nov. 2024
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That’s because, in addition to stiffening smartphone competition, President-elect Donald Trump’s threats of China tariffs could weigh on device sales even more.Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024
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This includes both the monthly and daily normals of precipitation, temperature, snowfall, heating and cooling degree days, growing-degree days, as well as frost and freeze dates spanning across close to 15,000 different observation sites.Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Temperatures in the Midwest and Great Lakes region in December usually sit around 30 degrees F on average, meaning that weather will likely be above freezing on Christmas Day.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Those bets were solidified earlier this week when the ONS reported that regular wage growth strengthened to 5.2% over the August-October period, up from 4.9% over July-September.Jenni Reid, CNBC, 18 Dec. 2024
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The film’s all-star Black cast and comedic brilliance solidified it as a cultural milestone.Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Jell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jell. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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