consolidate
verb
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Examples of consolidate in a Sentence
Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In a sport that traditionally treats its power conferences as equals, the change in revenue distribution is unprecedented — the first visible evidence of The Great Split, with the Big Ten and SEC consolidating authority following the latest realignment wave.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
His long-ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, lost emphatically in local elections around the country Sunday — a surprising rebuke after Erdogan had consolidated his tight grip on power in general elections last year.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
The changes consolidate those questions so that respondents may select any or all of seven racial and ethnicity categories that apply to them, including Hispanic or Latino ancestry.
—Michael Wines, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The company consolidated its terms with Fishbowl between December 2022 and January 2023, months before the company announced the new discussion channels on Glassdoor.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
As both candidates try to consolidate support among their party bases, operatives and observers alike are eyeing any signs of division heading into November.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
But the account adjustment is temporary, and some borrowers who need to take action (such as consolidating their loans through the Direct loan program) must do so before the end of April.
—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Away from the market’s obsession with quarterly earnings, Dell consolidated and expanded his company, creating a behemoth provider of infrastructure tools for corporate customers.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
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“Consolidate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consolidate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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consolidate
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Legal Definition
consolidate
transitive verb
Note: Consolidation of matters in the federal courts is governed by Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Consolidated cases may become one single action with a single judgment, or may retain their individual identities although tried together. The court may also try one representative case and render a judgment binding on the other cases.
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