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crystallize

[kris-tl-ahyz] / ˈkrɪs tlˌaɪz /


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Investors have been split over whether the ECB will soon pause its tightening campaign, as the trade-offs between containing inflation and damping economic growth crystallize.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

Some studies suggest that carbon may crystallize into diamonds deep inside these planets.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

“Maybe in 24 hours, when things crystallize with the deal.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Strong demand, solid early performances and improving profitability outlooks will crystallize the sector’s hold on markets and strengthen the industry’s case to skeptics.

From Barron's Jun. 9, 2026

Then, in mid-March, the data started to crystallize.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

As more material crystallizes, silicon dioxide becomes increasingly concentrated in the remaining melt.

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

“This situation perfectly crystallizes the global nature of infectious diseases,” Bhadelia said.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

A new AP-NORC poll released this week crystallizes the public’s pessimism.

From Barron's Dec. 16, 2025

Coca-Cola’s ad crystallizes these fears, even though, as Shelly Palmer, a professor of advanced media in residence at Syracuse University, said in a recent blog post, it “truly sucks.”

From Salon Nov. 24, 2024

The reality crystallizes for me, though, when Dad instructs us to take off our blindfolds and Debbie and Zara are standing in front of us.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Opposition has crystallized in environmental concerns about data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

The simulations showed that the frameworks of amorphous interfaces crystallized during deformation.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

This artistic neverland is crystallized in the apartment building that has music pouring out of every floor when Ali rides the elevator.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

That vibe crystallized in the first quarter, when products were already pressured by tariffs, and consumer sentiment has taken a nose dive since then.

From MarketWatch May 15, 2026

Now, in death, this constancy crystallized and became something else entirely: he was an old familiar jokester cast—with surprising effect—in the tragic role.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

It also fears crystallizing financial losses on its portfolio by selling bonds, preferring to realize losses slowly by paying more interest on reserves than it earns on bonds.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

Charli has been redefining and crystallizing her sound for over a decade.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 13, 2024

There’s always been more to Garrone’s movies than unkindness, but he has a striking facility for crystallizing human baseness in images that are both specific and laden with surplus meaning.

From New York Times Feb. 22, 2024

Researchers leveraged state-of-the-art cryogenic electron microscopy to reveal the structure in its natural state, rather than earlier techniques that required crystallizing vast quantities of identical molecules to form an artificial picture of their native structure.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

So we might want to claim that it is the book—or rather, in this case, the well-stocked library—that transforms the status of experiment; by crystallizing past knowledge, the library makes new knowledge possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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