crystallize
Example Sentences
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While raising our own kids, Amy and I saw our parents’ wisdom crystallized.
A new AP-NORC poll released this week crystallizes the public’s pessimism.
From Barron's
Polymers, which are long chains of repeating molecular units, often do not crystallize by simply adding one chain at a time.
From Science Daily
If uric acid levels rise too much, it can crystallize in the joints and kidneys, causing gout, kidney disease and a number of related conditions.
From Science Daily
No case has crystallized those tensions quite like that of Washington D.C.’s internet-famous sandwich thrower, whose trial began Tuesday and gave jurors this to chew on: Does throwing fast food at an officer constitute assault?
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