crystallize

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“If Rio were to execute the conceptual stream for an upfront cash consideration of around $1.4 billion… it would crystallize around 9% of the asset’s net asset value,” Berenberg says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Materials containing magnesium and calcium often form hard, dense crusts when they crystallize.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Even the Piker issue—the one that seems to crystallize so much of the anxiety there—he treated as over-indexed.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

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

Now, however, I knew that genes could crystallize; hence they must have a regular structure that could be solved in a straightforward fashion.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson