crystallize
verb (used with object)
to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
crystallizing
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present participleof crystallize.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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It also fears crystallizing financial losses on its portfolio by selling bonds, preferring to realize losses slowly by paying more interest on reserves than it earns on bonds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
“To the victor nations go the spoils,” Anton wrote in a 2019 essay in Foreign Policy, crystallizing a worldview that sees international relations as zero-sum competition where might makes right.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2026
Charli has been redefining and crystallizing her sound for over a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024
There’s always been more to Garrone’s movies than unkindness, but he has a striking facility for crystallizing human baseness in images that are both specific and laden with surplus meaning.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
At least we didn’t have to store the honey in a special hot room to keep it from crystallizing, because every room we had was a hot room.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
