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as in combining
to come together to form a single unit
several small townships have coalesced into a single metropolis
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as in cooperating
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members
the historic preservation movement gained momentum when the two groups coalesced
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Recent Examples of coalescing
Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025
The offensive line with a new and young left side showed signs of coalescing, enabling Patrick Mahomes to have precious time that’s been in short supply the last couple of seasons.
—Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
Judy Berman, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
That path also requires, at some point, the votes coalescing around certain standout members of the cast.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025
Health systems, doctor groups, and insurers are merging and coalescing into ever-bigger giants.
—Elisabeth Rosenthal, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2025
Members of the caucus emerged from a two-hour meeting on Thursday declaring that the 47-member group is coalescing around a unified strategy rather than splintering into factions, which could mean the government funding fight lasts well beyond the current 37 days.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2025
From the Deep South stretching north to Virginia, opposition to school integration began coalescing into a mass movement of resistance.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
More than a year out, campaign cash and political clout are already coalescing around a pivotal 2026 race in North County for an up-for-grabs seat on the San Diego County Board of Supervisors.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
But the Broncos abruptly downshifted out of his comfort zone and lost a quickly coalescing offensive attack along the way.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
These distinct trends and developments are coalescing at the same time that Hollywood creatives need to wrap their arms around a different kind of AI challenge.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2025
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Building the Power Unit Kosinski assembled his own pit crew to realize his vivid vision of brilliant but messy underdogs coalescing to triumph in one of the world’s most popular sports.
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Scenes involving the local Cayuse tribe check a Western box without coalescing into full stories.
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SwifDoo also supports merging or splitting files, batch processing multiple documents, and converting PDFs to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats.—
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Additionally, as the district considers closing and merging schools, Cassellius said the money could support new or improved recreational facilities at schools receiving displaced students.—
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The album’s maximalist approach, combining an array of live instruments, VSTs, and samplers, sometimes coheres into true jams.—
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Kenny said the challenges to combining the spaces became clear once the structure was closely examined.—
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The 2024 legislative session saw leadership struggling with complicated legislation at last minute, and only the Assembly cooperating with Newsom’s request for a special session on gas prices.—
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Mame Hill was 24, pregnant with her second child, doing missionary work while living in Mexico City when her body abruptly stopped cooperating.—
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Through the integration with Tactical Assault Kit software, the team remotely controlled multiple unmanned ground and surface units across a large, 50-square-mile operational area.—
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That support helped set the stage for this integration and for future broad commercial deployment.—
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Adorned with 3,000 pendants, including 2,000 in signature Baccarat red crystal from fusing clear crystal with 24-karat gold powder, the opulent work of art is cradled by 15-foot installation and available for public viewing and viral social media moments day and night.—
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Robots that think together By fusing data from the air and the ground, the systems aim to deliver faster and more accurate situational awareness while reducing risk to soldiers.—
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The Messthetics—the band formed around Fugazi’s rhythm section of Joe Lally and Brendan Canty—released their debut album in 2018 and a follow-up a year later, before uniting with jazz saxophonist Lewis.—
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Fighting social services fraud is an issue that seems to be uniting the major parties.—
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The Japanese-Peruvian fusion restaurant got its start in Winston-Salem, offering dishes such as lomo saltado, sushi, crudo and more.—
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Existing divertors are bulky, meaning smaller, improved designs could allow for smaller fusion reactors in the future.—
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On Monday, Iranian state media said a man was arrested in Tehran on suspicion of collaborating with the Israeli spy agency Mossad.—
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Stretch assignments may include high-visibility initiatives, turnaround assignments, working with high-profile clients, getting influence to get work done, and collaborating with challenging individuals.—
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“Coalescing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalescing. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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