consolidated
Americanadjective
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brought together into a single whole.
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having become solid, firm, or coherent.
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Accounting. taking into account the combined information gathered from the financial conditions of a parent corporation and its subsidiaries.
a consolidated balance sheet.
Other Word Forms
- quasi-consolidated adjective
- unconsolidated adjective
Etymology
Origin of consolidated
First recorded in 1745–55; consolidate + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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The Singapore dollar consolidated against its U.S. counterpart in the Asian session, but may be weighed by widening Middle East conflict.
A consolidated case brought by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general against Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap is slated to go to trial this summer, potentially shaking things up even more.
That suit joins hundreds of others already consolidated in federal court in California’s Northern District.
From Los Angeles Times
There are thousands of individual suits like the California case, many of which have been consolidated in federal court for pretrial discovery.
From Barron's
The trial was the first among thousands of consolidated lawsuits filed by teenagers, school districts and state attorneys general against Meta, YouTube, TikTok and Snap.
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