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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
My trip to Vietnam really crystallized this for me.
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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
In recent days, Butler’s desire to make his way to the Phoenix Suns has been crystallized all around the league.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
By now, Playboi Carti’s coarse hiss has crystallized into the defining factor of this run, another breakthrough in his evolution of vocal gymnastics.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
In a nucleation event, a single-crystalline structure is formed, but as the process goes on, a second nucleation site will rapidly form, and then another, until the whole bulk of material becomes crystallized.
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
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Noel Burgess, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
In recent days, Butler’s desire to make his way to the Phoenix Suns has been crystallized all around the league.
—Sam Amick, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
By now, Playboi Carti’s coarse hiss has crystallized into the defining factor of this run, another breakthrough in his evolution of vocal gymnastics.
—Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 8 Jan. 2025
In a nucleation event, a single-crystalline structure is formed, but as the process goes on, a second nucleation site will rapidly form, and then another, until the whole bulk of material becomes crystallized.
—Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Crystallize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crystallize. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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