coalesce
verb (used without object)
to grow together or into one body.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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There are rumors of a conference on firewalls in April, and perhaps by then the field will be coalescing toward a solution.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 22, 2012