coalesce
verb (used without object)
to grow together or into one body.
coalescing
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present participleof coalesce.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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“People are coalescing and they’re demanding that policymakers make change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
“There were tiny lakes that started collapsing, coalescing and becoming one big, larger lake,” said Haritashya.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
At another, the brand's logo transforms into people's arms, before these morph into a coalescing swirl of bodies.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
Economists say Fed officials are coalescing around another rate cut due to continued concern about the health of the jobs market.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 22, 2025
Choices, numberless as grains of sand, had layered and compressed, coalescing into sediment, then into rock, until all was set in stone.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
