consolidate

The combination of rail and rifle consolidated U.S. control in the east.

But the tracks and transportation systems that Gould helped build and consolidate through maneuvers like the “Erie War”—a scheme to issue bogus shares in a vital railroad to gain control of it—were transformative.

Marriage among the children of high earners and those who become high earners serves to consolidate wealth, and further widens the income gap, said Melissa Kearney, a family economist at the University of Notre Dame.

The GV70 reminds us why controls were consolidated in touch screens in the first place: a shortage of real estate.

Meanwhile, the rapid and steady growth in primary private-credit markets over the past decade has created a deep pipeline of secondary supply, particularly as more institutional investors look to rebalance or consolidate their holdings.