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When the word coalesce first appeared in English in 1541, what did it refer to?

coalesce

[koh-uh-les] / ˌkoʊ əˈlɛs /


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When world economic leaders gather, investors expect them to coalesce around joint challenges and quell rising anxiety in global markets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

What is true today, as potential bidders for the Dodgers lurk and coalesce amid L.A.’s turn at uncertainty, is that the Padres have an energetic and effervescent couple as their new principal owners.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

What the polls generally failed to foresee—and arguably shouldn’t have been expected to, given the fluctuating field—was that just enough voters would ultimately coalesce behind Crowley to put him over the top.

From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026

She is concerned, however, that it will be difficult for voters to coalesce around any new candidate in just three months.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

But if you looked closely, like Rishi was doing, it all began to coalesce into this design.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

A cohort of skilled people coalesces, and the Junglekeepers nonprofit is born, taking donations for land acquisition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who often performs strongly early in sprint weekends before the natural order coalesces later on, was third fastest, 0.386secs off the pace.

From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025

But it coalesces around especially trendy aesthetics and a staunch desire to live responsibly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

All of it coalesces the sad moral of the story: these people are small.

From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2023

The group coalesces around the front-runners as Frederick and his pursuers get to their feet, all of them pasted with snow.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Opposition has also coalesced around religious appeals from a theologically diverse group of residents, leaders and politicians who see data center development as an affront to their most sacred values.

From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026

But instead of kicking up dust, breaking bats or throwing fits, the Feeneys coalesced in a green-and-yellow mass behind the dugout.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

Democratic voters and interest groups quickly coalesced behind Becerra, who was seen as a steady candidate with a long resume in California politics and a record of fighting the Trump administration.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Though Rollins wrote several tunes now regarded as standards, like “St. Thomas,” “Oleo” and “Doxy,” his legacy rests in the singular way in which artistry and abandon coalesced in his playing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

And nor did Feral consciously summon the sheaves of cloud that coalesced around them, blocking out the sky, the horizon, the Cusp, shrinking the world to here—this garden and this garden alone.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

He predicted AI safety coalescing with concerns around the data-center build-out, which is becoming a key sticking point for voters.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

Activists across the U.S. are coalescing around concerns about AI-related job losses, data-center sprawl and AI-fueled cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Though tech funders appear to be coalescing around the Silicon Valley mayor, he is “not going to come out of the gate lighting the campaign on fire because no one knows him,” Acosta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2026

At another, the brand's logo transforms into people's arms, before these morph into a coalescing swirl of bodies.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

The core of the group coalescing around the US space effort shared an office with Katherine, ate sandwiches with her during lunch, and bonded with her over an enthusiasm for gust alleviation and wake turbulence.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly


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