Example Sentences

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Over the past few years, individual investors have coalesced into a market-moving force, upending hedge-fund bets, salvaging struggling companies and sending favored stocks straight to the moon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

It was for similar reasons that cardinals of different persuasions were thought to have coalesced around him at conclave.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

Unlike UCLA, they finished the season with momentum and have coalesced around quarterback Fernando Mendoza.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2023

Postseason pick: Most prognostications surrounding Maryland’s bowl game destination have coalesced around two southwestern options.

From Washington Times • Nov. 23, 2023

Had it been weaker, however, nothing would have coalesced.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson