consolidate
verb (used with object)
to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine.
has consolidated
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present perfectof consolidate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Since becoming vice president in 2018, the 56-year-old has consolidated influence as Maduro’s top interlocutor with the private sector and trade partners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
For Lorenzo Pregliasco, founder of the YouTrend polling institute, the prime minister's diplomatic "activism" has "consolidated her image as leader" while "she has not suffered any major slip-ups".
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina has consolidated it with two other lawsuits related to Griffin and the state GOP's election protest, including one filed by impacted voters in mid-April.
From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2025
“Harris has consolidated the support of Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters in the state,” said Eric Schickler, co-director of the Institute of Governmental Studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
The Metropolitan Board of Works has consolidated and reorganised, under Captain Shaw, the whole system of the Fire Brigade into one homogeneous municipal institution.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
