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also crystalize
as in to form
to take on a definite form
after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize
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Recent Examples of crystallize
The phrase, first spoken to her by Country Music Hall of Famer Dwight Yoakam, not only gave the project its name but helped crystallize her artistic identity.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The juice is extracted, boiled, cleaned of impurities, and crystallized.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The perfect plan began to crystallize.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Others, including area studies and international studies, were essentially invented or crystallized at this time.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2025
The juice is extracted, boiled, cleaned of impurities, and crystallized.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
The perfect plan began to crystallize.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
Others, including area studies and international studies, were essentially invented or crystallized at this time.
—Time, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crystallize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crystallize
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Swets, who has expertise with special-purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), formed Greenland Exploration with his investment and merchant banking firm, FG Nexus, and agreed to merge with March GL and find a suitable SPAC to take the company public.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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The boy band — comprised of Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Niall Horan — was formed on The X-Factor UK in 2010.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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With voter registration nearly evenly split and independents making up more than a third of the electorate, Nevada’s gubernatorial contest offers a key test of whether Democrats can regain lost ground or Republicans can solidify their recent gains in the Southwest.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Scientific analysis by argon gas dating determines when molten rock solidified.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Crystallize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallize. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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