as in merger
the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one
the consolidation of several intelligence agencies into one super agency
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Recent Examples of consolidation
Through synergies and consolidations, management expects to reduce costs by $600 million on an annual basis in the next few years.
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David Moin, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
Leadership execution remains strong under CEO Christopher A. Caldwell, who is driving AI innovation and partner consolidation strategy, and CFO Andre S. Valentine, who consistently delivers revenue beats and margin improvement roadmaps.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
But the conversation around school consolidation isn’t limited to Orange Unified.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 16 July 2025
But the decision occurs following some consolidation in the VPN industry, where competition among providers has been fierce.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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David Moin, Footwear News, 17 July 2025
Leadership execution remains strong under CEO Christopher A. Caldwell, who is driving AI innovation and partner consolidation strategy, and CFO Andre S. Valentine, who consistently delivers revenue beats and margin improvement roadmaps.
—Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
But the conversation around school consolidation isn’t limited to Orange Unified.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 16 July 2025
But the decision occurs following some consolidation in the VPN industry, where competition among providers has been fierce.
—PC Magazine, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for consolidation
Noun
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Some have speculated that a merger would mean fewer trains rolling through northern Illinois, given that there would be no need to hit the start and end points of two different railroads.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Fortune can confirm, however, that fear of Huawei was the issue that triggered the approval for the merger.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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His first loss came in a title unification bout against Ngannou.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Physicists have been looking for a recipe of quantum gravity and a unification theory for some time now.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
1 July 2025
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“Consolidation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/consolidation. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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