coalesce
verb (used without object)
to grow together or into one body.
had coalesced
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past perfectof coalesce.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This summer, Anthropic, OpenAI and Google had coalesced around an approach being considered by the administration for a self-regulatory organization similar to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which oversees brokerage firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
By about 6500 years ago, the populations had coalesced into a distinct genetic signature.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
But well before then, the politics of self-presentation had coalesced around grander, less deniable hair.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2020
Back in the 1980s the Israeli left had coalesced around the foundation of Peace Now.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 14, 2019
New power alignments had coalesced without him and he was at a loss to cope with them.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
