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crystallize

[kris-tl-ahyz] / ˈkrɪs tlˌaɪz /


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“Maybe in 24 hours, when things crystallize with the deal.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Strong demand, solid early performances and improving profitability outlooks will crystallize the sector’s hold on markets and strengthen the industry’s case to skeptics.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Materials containing magnesium and calcium often form hard, dense crusts when they crystallize.

From Science Daily May 31, 2026

Even the Piker issue—the one that seems to crystallize so much of the anxiety there—he treated as over-indexed.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2026

Then, in mid-March, the data started to crystallize.

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

“This situation perfectly crystallizes the global nature of infectious diseases,” Bhadelia said.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

That expansion crystallizes the yearslong flow of credit outside the tightly regulated banking system and into riskier, more opaque businesses.

From Barron's Oct. 8, 2025

Still, the figure crystallizes something we’ve all felt for a while — that boomers are giving more money to their millennial or Gen Z offspring than past generations.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2025

As he speaks these words, and I’m listening from my seat in the ballroom balcony, something crystallizes.

From Seattle Times Apr. 12, 2024

The reality crystallizes for me, though, when Dad instructs us to take off our blindfolds and Debbie and Zara are standing in front of us.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The simulations showed that the frameworks of amorphous interfaces crystallized during deformation.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

This artistic neverland is crystallized in the apartment building that has music pouring out of every floor when Ali rides the elevator.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

That vibe crystallized in the first quarter, when products were already pressured by tariffs, and consumer sentiment has taken a nose dive since then.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

“So all of these things are having really profound ripple effects. This is a situation where you really are seeing crystallized the need for bio preparedness.”

From Salon May 11, 2026

Jinny ran to and fro, as quickly as she could, picking up the sweet dark snaps, sticky with crystallized sugar.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

It also fears crystallizing financial losses on its portfolio by selling bonds, preferring to realize losses slowly by paying more interest on reserves than it earns on bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

“To the victor nations go the spoils,” Anton wrote in a 2019 essay in Foreign Policy, crystallizing a worldview that sees international relations as zero-sum competition where might makes right.

From Salon Jan. 7, 2026

There’s always been more to Garrone’s movies than unkindness, but he has a striking facility for crystallizing human baseness in images that are both specific and laden with surplus meaning.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 2024

It also was a peek at a potentially bright future that has been a long time crystallizing for the Ducks, who have missed the Stanley Cup playoffs each of the last five seasons.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2023

At least we didn’t have to store the honey in a special hot room to keep it from crystallizing, because every room we had was a hot room.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd




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