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consolidated

verb

Definition of consolidated

past tense of consolidate

as in concentrated

to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control plans to consolidate several branches into one regional office

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as in intensified

to make markedly greater in measure or degree another win would consolidate their hold on first place in their division

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Recent Examples of consolidated Lasai has consolidated as a top-notch destination in the Marvelous City. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026 In other cases, families will be consolidated in a single location. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 The school board closed and consolidated six schools last school year to save money. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 The trades have largely consolidated under one roof, Penske Media, which owns Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, Billboard, and Rolling Stone, among others, granting it a near-monopoly on major industry news. — Max Tani, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The case was consolidated from a series of lawsuits by attorneys general around the country against Meta, and the settlement resolves the cases and claims of 51 of those, according to the California Attorney General's Office. — John Ruwitch, NPR, 26 Aug. 2026 The lawsuit has been consolidated with several similar cases and transferred to the Northern District of California, where the company is based, court records show. — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026 The district has already closed or consolidated nine schools this year due to declining enrollment. — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 Eventually, the lawsuits were consolidated into one, according to court documents. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

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By Sunday evening local time, around 720,000 homes remained without power, with the most severe outages concentrated in parts of the US Northeast and Midwest.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Graphite remains a major vulnerability in the battery supply chain, with more than 93% of global supply concentrated in China, according to Coreshell.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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Earlier in the week, Prokudin said that Russia has intensified attacks on critical infrastructure in the region, which is about 70% under Russian control.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
The legal challenge intensified an unusually public dispute over how AI can be used in warfare and mass surveillance.

— Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of intensified

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It's already deeply integrated into the European framework, partly through its membership of the European Economic Area, which gives the volcanic island access to the EU's single market without requiring full membership.

— Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
The advanced weapon features AV’s 20kW-class LOCUST LWS integrated on the General Motors Defense Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV) platform–a significant advancement in mobile, frontline C-UAS capabilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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For daily family casual gaming scenarios, the M7SG is equipped with exclusive Game Mode Plus and enhanced Game Bar, supporting VRR variable refresh rate and ALLM automatic low-latency mode.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 31 Aug. 2026
Meta agreed to impose changes including a default two-hour daily time limit for teens across Facebook and Instagram, muted notifications during school hours, and enhanced parental controls, with more updates potentially on the horizon.

— Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of enhanced

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The intervention of Allied troops on the White Russian side in the Russian Civil War deepened Bolshevik paranoia, and Bolshevik leaders concluded that hostile powers would always seek to destroy Russia by cultivating internal enemies.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
Israel and Greece have deepened defense ties in the last decade.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

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