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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Between Clark missing quite a bit of time due to two separate injury issues and the team simply not gelling well together, the 2025 WNBA season has been a rollercoaster so far.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025 -
Playing in the Club World Cup means Chelsea will not get a proper pre-season, so gelling the squad as early as possible is particularly important this year.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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Father and English teacher Frank Strong, a co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, told the committee that similar restrictions at the Carroll school district caused one high school library to freeze book purchases for two years.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Resistance to the idea is, in part, fueled by the fact salaries for lawmakers have been frozen since 2009.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
30 July 2025
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The whole squad has put up an impressive 18 scores in four tourney matches, though competition now stiffens for single elimination.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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My forehead stiffened and went numb, like it was made of concrete that had suddenly set.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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The presumption that this administration was indirectly responsible for the deaths in Texas soon congealed into a consensus in online forums.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 July 2025
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But a match that leaves the crowd cold will congeal before your eyes.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
6 July 2025
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“Gelatinize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelatinize. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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