as in to gel
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
pain relievers with a gelatinized coating
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelatinize
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But recent performances have shown the attacking quartet can gel nicely, with Ancelotti giving them the freedom to rotate in games.—
Thom Harris,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025 -
Tim Robinson’s post-show success puts him more in the Ben Stiller or Sarah Silverman lane of cast members who didn’t gel during their one season at 8H then quickly went on to bigger and better things.—
Andy Hoglund,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2025
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By strategically freezing non-essential backfills, organizations can achieve substantial cost savings while reducing workforce size without triggering the cultural fallout that layoffs so often bring.—
Sherzod Odilov,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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The recent frenzy in the Trump Administration to dismantle the federal government has resulted in some VAWA funds being frozen.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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At one point, the lower half of a student’s body can be seen stiffening before the student then falls to the ground similar to a boxer being knocked out.—
Rick Hurd,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The big red button on the steering wheel stiffens suspension temporarily for keeping grip.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Sep. 2024
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Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Powerful wind gusts and hail will be the main threats when storms first form late Monday, but the tornado threat will increase overnight while individual storms start to congeal into an expansive line.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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At the time, Charlie Kirk did not make much of the congealing conventional wisdom.—
Philip Wegmann,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Gelatinize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelatinize. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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