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consolidator

British  
/ kənˈsɒlɪˌdeɪtə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that consolidates

  2. a company that offers flight tickets for a variety of different airlines, usually at a reduced price

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The company is a leader and consolidator in a growing optical market, while also demonstrating strong innovation capabilities in several categories, including hearing aids and smart glasses, the analysts added.

From The Wall Street Journal

The results represent the successful completion of a project funded by the European Research Council with a Consolidator Grant of EUR 2.4 million.

From Science Daily

"We succeeded in marking the RNAs with fluorescent molecules and tracking their lifespan in mice brain cells," explains Tomohisa Toda, who has unique expertise in epigenetics and neurobiology and who was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his research in 2023.

From Science Daily

He added that being a “low-cost operator” had been the company’s strength, and that “we expect Diamondback to remain a consolidator in the future.”

From New York Times

"He's probably going to be the chief consolidator of European banking," said Cole Smead, CEO of Arizona-based Smead Capital Management, whose UniCredit holding accounts for more than 7% of its $105 million International Value Fund.

From Reuters