Example Sentences

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But by the time he returned home, a group of conservative religious students turned rebel fighters were dominating Afghanistan’s messy, multisided civil war and had consolidated power over the capital.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025

Team principal Andrea Stella said after Japan that he was pleased that they had consolidated their position as the third best team.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2024

For a while, Joe was growing some camellias at his home in Santa Monica — hence the name Nuccio’s Nurseries — but by 1946, the operation had consolidated in Altadena, where it’s operated ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2023

By the 1950s, the global auto industry had consolidated and once-heralded brands such as Duesenberg had disappeared.

From Reuters • Dec. 15, 2022

Not only did her position and the obligations they were under give her weight, but her character had consolidated itself in these years, and she had much more force, and appearance of good sense.

From Magnum Bonum by Yonge, Charlotte Mary