crystallize

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Bond markets are said to be a daily referendum on the government, as their moves crystallize the impact of fiscal, monetary, domestic, and foreign policies into a series of tradable data points.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Messrs. Garicano, Holmström and Petit crystallize matters in a way that has some hope of breaking through among lawmakers and voters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

To create this structure, the researchers heated a metastable form of sodium hydridoborate until it began to crystallize, then cooled it rapidly to lock the structure in place.

From Science Daily • Oct. 17, 2025

Worthwhile documentaries crystallize a point in time in a way that contextualizes current circumstances.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

He had handed over to her all the good crystalline DNA used in his original work and had agreed to confine his studies to other DNA, which he afterward found did not crystallize.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson