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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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The coroner said the inquest aimed to give the Pearson family a voice, but added that their concerns "coalesce into two words of rhetoric – 'What if?'"

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The subculture organized around the fear that AI could kill us all began to coalesce more than a decade before the invention of the underlying technology that enabled it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

Shifting shadows started at last to coalesce, and after a while my eyes became accustomed to the gloom, and I could see.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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

But IndieWire's Caleb Hammond said: "While this version contains its fair share of standout sequences along with Oscar-ready performances, the film never fully coalesces into an effective, singular, emotional narrative."

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024

“Emilia Pérez” coalesces in unpredictable ways, making perfect sense even as its audacious ambitions should seem out of reach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

All of it coalesces the sad moral of the story: these people are small.

From Salon ● Jun. 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

The Black legislators coalesced around Revels, and he was eventually elected after three days and seven ballots.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

No one did more work to keep there than his teammates Quinn Simmons and Matteo Jorgenson, who normally compete for rival pro teams, but coalesced into a stellar national team this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Until the opposition coalesced behind Mundubile, re-election had looked all but certain for the 64-year-old Hichilema, widely known as "HH".

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

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

They would not be—that would be the idea just beginning to sparkle in Mia’s mind as she flicked on the headlights, a wisp of an idea, not yet coalesced into an image, let alone words.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

Activists across the U.S. are coalescing around concerns about AI-related job losses, data-center sprawl and AI-fueled cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

A battle between gold bugs and bullion bears appeared to be coalescing around the $4,000 an ounce mark on Tuesday, as the precious metal is on track to register its worst quarter in 13 years.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

Her album “TANYA” is an unrestrained porteña whirlwind, rapidly shifting between industrial, electroclash, and doom metal, with all of these disparate influences coalescing on the highlight track “WANNA HOTEL.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2025

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

As Singleton began to amass evidence, and Baird saw that a potential case was coalescing, he let these thoughts percolate.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel


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