consolidate
Example Sentences
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The M23 rebel group that one year ago seized Goma, eastern Congo’s largest city, has tried to establish itself as the prevailing government in the area and consolidate control.
The greenback is likely to consolidate this week, CBA’s Global Economic & Markets Research team says in a research report.
J. Edgar Hoover, who led the FBI for 48 years, had established a personal fiefdom devoted to consolidating power and pursuing his own personal obsessions, sometimes with blackmail and coercion.
From Salon
The expropriations, along with the firings, consolidated state control of the oil sector and, experts say, drained the country of expertise and investment, inflicting lasting damage.
From Los Angeles Times
"You having a hammer dropped on your head consolidated the idea to me, actually, I do really love this person. So, yeah, it took a hammer."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.