crystallize

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“When things crystallize like this, it brings out the pitchforks and the torches,” said Marc Cenedella, CEO of the jobs platform Ladders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Outlook statements from the wave of earnings reports expected over the next two weeks will crystallize that view.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

Polymers, which are long chains of repeating molecular units, often do not crystallize by simply adding one chain at a time.

From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025

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

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

My butterflies kick me, jab me with their flags, making the reality of Rhys, the parts of him I chose to not see so that I could see what I wanted, crystallize in my mind.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam