thickened
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When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Add 2 cups water or broth and simmer for 5 minutes, until slightly thickened and stew-like.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
On many tracks, he crafts a thickened variation on Bob Dylan’s wild mercury sound, with gurgling organ, touches of strings and horns, and evocative swells of pedal-steel guitar.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026
In both cases, cartilage that had become thin and dysfunctional with age thickened across the joint surface.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 20, 2026
Smoke thickened the air, making the herbs that hung from the rafters look like dangling carcasses.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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