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More than 50 Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide closed in the last year; some are consolidating to make ends meet or adding new procedures such as vasectomies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

The transaction comes as other talent agencies and management firms are consolidating.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2024

As the Taliban seize more territory, the Afghan security forces are consolidating their positions to protect key population centers, including Kabul, he said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2021

Producer are consolidating in U.S. shale as oil and natural gas prices recover from last year’s pandemic swoon and this month traded at multi-year highs.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2021

Telegraph and telephone wires, steam and electric railways, all the means of instantaneous communication which this wizard-like age of ours is weaving from ocean to ocean, are consolidating the American people into a single family.

From The Young Man and the World by Beveridge, Albert Jeremiah