Example Sentences

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I fear these factors will coalesce to make an eventual market downturn even more painful than it would be otherwise.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Farnsworth’s modelling assumes it will coalesce in the warm tropics, but other scenarios suggest that it could form on top of the North Pole, leading to cooler conditions where life might fare better.

From Scientific American • Sep. 27, 2023

The details of the child care proposal Senate Democrats will coalesce around remain unclear, but Ms. Hochul’s version — targeting about 100,000 low-income families — appeared to be more restrained than a universal approach.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

Chad Green, a 48-year-old lawyer, York County supervisor and member of the state’s governing board, said he believes Republicans will coalesce around Stewart.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2018

If the orbit of a very close binary is seen edge on, the light of the two stars will coalesce twice in every revolution.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck