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thickened

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verb

past tense of thicken

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for thickened
Verb
  • This interview has been edited and condensed.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This interview has been condensed and edited for length.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Order the Genki Shake or salty milk ice cream; both are thick, creamy, and perfectly balanced.
    Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For breakfast and lunch, there’s Gulf shrimp in a moat of creamy grits and massive triangles of quiche suspending earthy layers of collard greens.
    The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite herself, Cali stiffened.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.
    Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike regions such as southeast Florida or southern California, New York’s nearshore waters are frequently turbid and moderately rough, limiting the visibility of sharks from the air.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Why does Mitch find the view beautiful, though the water is turbid and he is enveloped in the scent of incense and candles?
    Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The motion was withdrawn after a significant public and judicial backlash, an episode that solidified her image as a guardian of institutional integrity against an overreaching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
Adjective
  • The film becomes thicker than honey at such temperatures, hardly recognizable as water, and far too viscous for skiing.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately, if these medications are dissolved in a single-injection amount of carrier liquid at such high concentrations, the protein molecules clump together, resulting in a mixture that is too viscous to be safely injected.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Cook, stirring frequently until the mixture is thick and syrupy, about 10 minutes.
    Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Unlike a liqueur, this isn’t built on syrupy sweetness.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Alternatively, Venus’ initial, planetwide magma sea might have cooled and hardened into a crust quickly enough for liquid water — maybe even an ocean’s worth of water — to flow across it.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • And those things hardened their proverbial steak, too.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Thickened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thickened. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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