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When the word coalesce first appeared in English in 1541, what did it refer to?

coalesce

[koh-uh-les] / ˌkoʊ əˈlɛs /


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What is true today, as potential bidders for the Dodgers lurk and coalesce amid L.A.’s turn at uncertainty, is that the Padres have an energetic and effervescent couple as their new principal owners.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.

From Slate Aug. 12, 2026

Steinhauser said he expected Paxton’s campaign to “recalibrate a little bit on focus and messaging for the general election” and coalesce Republican voters.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

Still, not long ago, it looked like the team might never coalesce the way everyone envisioned.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

But if you looked closely, like Rishi was doing, it all began to coalesce into this design.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

A cohort of skilled people coalesces, and the Junglekeepers nonprofit is born, taking donations for land acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who often performs strongly early in sprint weekends before the natural order coalesces later on, was third fastest, 0.386secs off the pace.

From BBC Nov. 28, 2025

But it coalesces around especially trendy aesthetics and a staunch desire to live responsibly.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2024

Sadly, we don't get to see whether this is true in the two-hour premiere which, like every other reality competition, coalesces around a few people who embody that episode's theme.

From Salon Jan. 4, 2023

The group coalesces around the front-runners as Frederick and his pursuers get to their feet, all of them pasted with snow.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Opposition has also coalesced around religious appeals from a theologically diverse group of residents, leaders and politicians who see data center development as an affront to their most sacred values.

From Salon Aug. 3, 2026

Cabinet reshuffles require parliamentary approval -- although lawmakers have largely coalesced around Zelensky since Russia's invasion, and do not typically block his agenda.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

But instead of kicking up dust, breaking bats or throwing fits, the Feeneys coalesced in a green-and-yellow mass behind the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

A wary Tinseltown reluctantly coalesced around the Netflix bid, seeing it as the lesser of two evils, but Paramount's willingness to stump up ever greater sums eventually saw the streamer withdraw.

From Barron's May 13, 2026

I kept going until a big wax piece had coalesced in the center of the bowl.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

He predicted AI safety coalescing with concerns around the data-center build-out, which is becoming a key sticking point for voters.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

Though tech funders appear to be coalescing around the Silicon Valley mayor, he is “not going to come out of the gate lighting the campaign on fire because no one knows him,” Acosta said.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 7, 2026

These deals reflect a growing awareness that issues previously managed separately—such as identity and access management, model security, and security operations—are coalescing into a broader, unified challenge with AI, as agents work across systems.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

At another, the brand's logo transforms into people's arms, before these morph into a coalescing swirl of bodies.

From BBC Dec. 2, 2025

And then, while writing, a new and thrilling relationship would spring up under the drive of emotion, coalescing and telescoping alien facts into a known and felt truth.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright




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