Sample Sentences for
consolidate
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consolidate as in:  a consolidated loan

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The fibers and resin consolidate to make a surfboard.
consolidate = are joined together
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    I obediently consolidate the supplies I want into my pack.  (source)
    consolidate = bring together into one place
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    I'd been able to consolidate dinner, and sometimes supper, depending on how Rose was feeling, but breakfast had to be served in each kitchen.  (source)
    consolidate = combine into a single event
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    Then the base realignment and closure folks had decided to consolidate CID offices across all branches at Quantico, which was also home to the FBI Academy and the Marine Corps.  (source)
    consolidate = combine or bring together into one
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    When, later in life, Usha and I consolidated finances, she was shocked to learn that I had multiple bank accounts and small past-due balances on credit cards.  (source)
    consolidated = combined
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    She stopped again on the first landing to consolidate a scheme; she would keep well clear of her skittish cousin, not even catch her eye—she could not afford to be drawn into a conspiracy, nor did she wish to prompt a disastrous outburst.  (source)
    consolidate = form, organize, or bring together
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    The return of House Harkonnen to power generally is ascribed to adroit manipulation of the whale fur market and later consolidation with melange wealth from Arrakis.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Above his palm, flames flickered, consolidating into the miniature shapes of a woman and two girls.  (source)
    consolidating = coming together to form shapes
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    As the first hint of daybreak brightened the eastern horizon, the rocky, terraced terrain we'd been ascending gave way to a broad gully of unconsolidated snow.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unconsolidated means not and reverses the meaning of consolidated. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    In the Torah, the God of the Hebrews was known by many names—Jeova, Jehovah, Jeshua, Yahweh, the Source, the Elohim—but many Roman translations had consolidated the confusing nomenclature into a single Latin phrase: Jeova Sanctus Unus.  (source)
    consolidated = combined
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    But the Rush firm convinced him to consolidate everything into one hold ing company.†  (source)
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    After that there will be a period of slow consolidation while your race becomes prepared for us.†  (source)
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    But Ashima does not believe in crossing out names, or consolidating them into a single book.†  (source)
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    Even I who have no face, who make no difference when I come in (Susan and Jinny change bodies and faces), flutter unattached, without anchorage anywhere, unconsolidated, incapable of composing any blankness or continuity or wall against which these bodies move.†  (source)
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consolidate as in:  consolidated its hold on power

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The team wants to consolidate its hold on first place.
consolidate = strengthen
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    We want to consolidate our gains.
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    Since coming to power in 1933, Hitler and the Nazis wasted no time in consolidating control, silencing their opponents, and beginning the campaign to reestablish Germany as a dominant world power.  (source)
    consolidating = strengthening
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    It's all Griffen-Chase Royal Consolidated, now.  (source)
    Consolidated = combined or merged
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    Mr. Richard E. Griffen, President and Chairman of the Board, Griffen-Chase Royal Consolidated Industries Ltd.,  (source)
    Consolidated = combined or merged
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    Then, to consolidate control of Manchuria, Japan attacked China in 1937.  (source)
    consolidate = strengthen
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    Now that it was wide-awake, Easy Company prepared for a day of consolidation as the American ground troops waited out the weather.  (source)
    consolidation = resting and strengthening their position
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    In a spirited address to the Empire Club last Thursday, prominent industrialist Richard E. Griffen, of Griffen-Chase Royal Consolidated, warned of potential dangers threatening world order and the peaceful conduct of international commerce due to the ongoing civil conflict in Spain.  (source)
    Consolidated = combined or merged
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    In a vigorous and hard-hitting speech entitled "Minding Our Own Business," delivered at the Wednesday meeting of the Empire Club in Toronto, Mr. Richard E. Griffen, President and Chairman of Griffen-Chase-Royal Consolidated Industries Ltd., praised the outstanding efforts of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, which have resulted in last week's Munich Accord.  (source)
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