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adjective

as in combined

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verb

past tense of coalesce
1
as in fused
to come together to form a single unit several small townships have coalesced into a single metropolis

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2
as in cooperated
to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members the historic preservation movement gained momentum when the two groups coalesced

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Recent Examples of coalesced
Verb
After six months of war, Iran’s leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. — Lee Keath, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 During his father’s presidency, Bolsonaro became an influential figure in Congress and one of the leading political voices associated with Bolsonarismo, the conservative movement that coalesced around his father. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 As an eventual founding member of Television alongside the late Tom Verlaine, Lloyd was at the center of the downtown New York music community that coalesced around CBGB in the 1970s. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026 The volume and velocity with which information now hits us, paired with the innate meaning-making processes in our brain, have coalesced into the perfect storm. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026 After Iran’s last monarch was deposed in 1979, various paramilitary groups that helped hasten his downfall coalesced into the IRGC. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 In September 2023, these committees coalesced into the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a unified body intended to coordinate mobilization across the region. — Aqil Shah, Time, 17 Aug. 2026 OpenAI, Anthropic, Moonshot, and the like have coalesced around the same method for training their most advanced AI models. — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 In the Democratic gubernatorial primary, much of the party including lawmakers and outside groups, such as the United Autoworkers union, coalesced behind Benson. — ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coalesced
  1. combined
  2. fused
  3. cooperated
  4. merged
  5. united
  6. incorporated
  7. collaborated
  8. blended
Adjective
  • Together, the workforce brings more than 250 combined years of Minuteman III experience at each base, according to the Air Force.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • There were also positive combined revisions of 55,000 for June and July.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of combined
Verb
  • The idea for this dish fused together my love for bacon and one of my fondest memories of eating s’mores while camping with my grandparents as a young boy.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In Cohen's case, his distal femur bone was amputated, and his tibia bone was rotated 180 degrees and fused with what remained of his femur.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fused
Verb
  • Creeden also filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that the jury was prevented from hearing testimony from an attorney who would have told them that Creeden fully cooperated with the investigation.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The owner of the petting zoo has cooperated fully with state and county authorities, according to officials.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperated
Adjective
  • In fact, there are reports that some of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit have suggested any settlement would have to include Paramount divesting CNN from the merged company.
    — Chris Wallace, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The glasses feature dual micro OLED displays that combine to bring a merged 1920 x 1080 display in front of your eyes, with 1,200 nits of peak brightness and a 120-Hz refresh rate.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 July 2026
Definition of merged
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  • The designers were mostly united in their distaste for what are known on the playa as Sparkle Ponies.
    — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Three men united in their assessment of how the match played out before them.
    — Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of united
Adjective
  • Lancaster and Palmdale, the two incorporated cities of Antelope Valley about 15 miles west of Pearblossom, also attract unauthorized RVs.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mix thoroughly for several minutes until the mixture becomes sticky and well incorporated — as tender as bread dough.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026
Definition of incorporated
Verb
  • Ramya collaborated with Lotus Bloom and her friend Sandy Gill to customize a Papa Don’t Preach lehenga.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The pair collaborated on the track for the band’s third studio album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, and last performed it together in 2020 during a live performance recorded on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborated
Adjective
  • For Serena, who is the youngest of five sisters in the blended Williams family, that meant learning to return Venus’s blistering serve on Compton’s public courts.
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Apply the blended figure to a queue that no longer contains any simple work, and the model overstates savings before the deployment has processed a single contact.
    — Antony P Gregory, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of blended

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“Coalesced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coalesced. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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