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In private equity, a roll-up has historically meant buying companies, consolidating them to achieve an economy of scale and then flipping the larger entity for profit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The food-delivery market is consolidating around major players amid thin margins and reduced venture capital.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The yield has been consolidating with a narrowing range that looks like a pennant, with lower highs and higher lows, since then.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

In a May 1 filing in a lawsuit consolidating some of those challenges, the U.S.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Since coming to power in 1933, Hitler and the Nazis wasted no time in consolidating control, silencing their opponents, and beginning the campaign to reestablish Germany as a dominant world power.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson