1
as in hardens
to become physically firm or solid
water solidifying into ice
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as in forms
to take on a definite form
my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify
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Recent Examples of solidifies
Friday's milestone win solidifies UCLA as a modern-day power in the sport.
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Austin Turner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The casting of Quaid solidifies the project’s pickup chances, with production expected to rev up this summer.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
This week, the BTS guys make a grand return and reflect on their superstardom, Rvssian recruits WizKid and Rauw Alejandro for an glittering track, and Underscores solidifies her status as one of pop’s most exhilarating producers.
—Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Once the layer is bombarded with UV light and solidifies, the process repeats until the screen is 20 layers thick.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
With just over 10 games left in the regular season, this is supposed to be the stretch where rotations tighten, chemistry solidifies and key pieces lock into form ahead of the playoffs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Junior Makayla Parra solidifies midfield.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Her third album, Cloud 9, solidifies her as a mainstream country star who hasn’t entirely submitted to the machine.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Its silver-place finish in Milan solidifies Japan’s place among competitive figure skating nations.
—Alice Park, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Austin Turner, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
The casting of Quaid solidifies the project’s pickup chances, with production expected to rev up this summer.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026
This week, the BTS guys make a grand return and reflect on their superstardom, Rvssian recruits WizKid and Rauw Alejandro for an glittering track, and Underscores solidifies her status as one of pop’s most exhilarating producers.
—Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Once the layer is bombarded with UV light and solidifies, the process repeats until the screen is 20 layers thick.
—Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 17 Mar. 2026
With just over 10 games left in the regular season, this is supposed to be the stretch where rotations tighten, chemistry solidifies and key pieces lock into form ahead of the playoffs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 Mar. 2026
Junior Makayla Parra solidifies midfield.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Her third album, Cloud 9, solidifies her as a mainstream country star who hasn’t entirely submitted to the machine.
—Millan Verma, Pitchfork, 24 Feb. 2026
Its silver-place finish in Milan solidifies Japan’s place among competitive figure skating nations.
—Alice Park, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for solidifies
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Gulf’s stance hardens There have been strong signs that the Gulf’s collective patience has been wearing thin.—
Holly Ellyatt,Emma Graham,
CNBC,
26 Mar. 2026
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His turn into villainy is trickier, yet Gosling hardens his voice and his gaze and successfully spars with the murderer’s row of Giamatti, Clooney, and Philip Seymour Hoffman.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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These white threads are cloaked in sheaths of chitin — the same sugar polymer that forms the tough exoskeletons of beetles, crabs, and lobsters — and can be easily grown in flasks and Petri dishes.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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Here, the material forms elegant geometries that support the ceramic surface, making a statement while remaining durable and weatherproof.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The one on her thumb freezes Greta.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Any decision that freezes rents will be inseparable from Mamdani’s political agenda and will give rise to the obvious appearance of bias and undue influence.—
Christian Browne,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The movie crystalizes when the four meet their class peers, the Tripathi family, at their summer cottage.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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But perhaps nothing crystallizes the feud more than an announcement that Kalshi made late last year about the formation of a trade group, called the Coalition for Prediction Markets, to promote the development of the industry.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
6 Mar. 2026
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The woman—Rose, apparently—stiffens slightly.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Moving the kink to one end makes that side soft and the opposite end stiff; placing it at the center softens the middle and stiffens both edges.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That network connects large telescope dishes in California, Australia and Spain that cooperate to keep in touch with spacecraft beyond Earth’s orbit.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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Flooding has also shut the Salang Pass, a high mountain pass in the Hindu Kush mountain range that connects Kabul to the country’s north, including the major cities of Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif.—
Abdul Qahar Afghan,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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