Consolidate
verb
To combine or unite different things into a single whole.
The company decided to consolidate its operations in one central location.
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- consolidate power
- consolidate operations
verb
To make a position of power or success stronger or more secure.
The team consolidated their lead by scoring another goal.
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- consolidate lead
- consolidate position
verb
To combine financial accounts or debts into a single account or bill.
He consolidated all his student loans into one loan with a lower interest rate.
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- consolidate loans
- consolidate accounts
verb
In medicine, to cause a liquid or gas to become solid or firmer.
The doctor observed a consolidation of the patient's lungs in the X-ray image.
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- consolidate lungs
- consolidate fracture
verb
To combine or unite different things into a single whole.
The company decided to consolidate its operations in one central location.
Often appears as...
- consolidate power
- consolidate operations
verb
To make a position of power or success stronger or more secure.
The team consolidated their lead by scoring another goal.
Often appears as...
- consolidate lead
- consolidate position
verb
To combine financial accounts or debts into a single account or bill.
He consolidated all his student loans into one loan with a lower interest rate.
Often appears as...
- consolidate loans
- consolidate accounts
verb
In medicine, to cause a liquid or gas to become solid or firmer.
The doctor observed a consolidation of the patient's lungs in the X-ray image.
Often appears as...
- consolidate lungs
- consolidate fracture
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Pro Tip 1/3Business Strategy
Often used to describe strategic moves in business for efficiency.
After the merger, they consolidated their customer service teams.
Pro Tip 2/3Simplify Processes
Helps indicate simplifying multiple steps or elements into one.
We're planning to consolidate the four approval stages into a single step.
Pro Tip 3/3Physical Space
May involve physically bringing things together to one place.
The schools were consolidated into one building for better management.
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The benefits of a good...
a phenomenon known as the forgetting curve. But this loss can be prevented through memory consolidation, the process by which information is moved from our fleeting short-term memory to our more durable long-term memory. This consolidation occurs with the help of a major part of the brain, known as the hippocampus.
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What is the universe...
Mathematical string theories suggest descriptions of this unification, in addition to a fundamental structure for sub-atomic quarks and electrons. In these proposed models, vibrating strings are the building blocks of the universe. Competing models for strings have now been consolidated into a unified description,
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First, designers should streamline design elements and focus on eco-friendly materials. Factories need to develop energy efficient manufacturing processes that consolidate steps and sneaker parts. And consumers should support companies using clean energy and ethical manufacturing processes.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
which is brain processing and memory consolidation. What we know is that, if after you've tried to learn a task, and you sleep-deprive individuals, the ability to learn that task is smashed. It's really hugely attenuated. So sleep and memory consolidation is also very important.
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How sound can hack your...
This is the part of sleep where scientists believe that memory consolidation can happen. In this deep period of sleep, we're going to do something that you don't know we're going to do. Here's where the tricky part comes, and we start playing our cues. Do you play all the cues?
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Does stress affect your...
First comes the moment you encounter a new piece of information. Each sensory experience activates a unique set of brain areas. In order to become lasting memories, these sensory experiences have to be consolidated by the hippocampus, influenced by the amygdala,
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Is invisibility the...
time and I wouldn't be surprised if you did read more about it on your front pages in the next couple of months because I think people will fight to defend those rights but once they're defended I think the democracy will be consolidated just just a curiosity I
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Black Women and the...
earlier positions i mean the the pressures are tremendous by this period and they are only exacerbated by the entry of the united states into the first world war um the war effort um you would think um would lead to a kind of consolidation
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A walk through the...
We also get this beautiful overhaul of our cardiovascular system. And, in fact, upstairs in the brain, deep non-REM sleep will help consolidate memories and fixate them into the neural architecture of the brain. So that's non-REM sleep.
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The World's Smallest...
work to be done but with a successful captive breeding program established and the consolidation of the fragmented wild population into protected areas there is now a chance that future generations of
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The benefits of a good...
a phenomenon known as the forgetting curve. But this loss can be prevented through memory consolidation, the process by which information is moved from our fleeting short-term memory to our more durable long-term memory. This consolidation occurs with the help of a major part of the brain, known as the hippocampus.
Video examples
What is the universe...
Mathematical string theories suggest descriptions of this unification, in addition to a fundamental structure for sub-atomic quarks and electrons. In these proposed models, vibrating strings are the building blocks of the universe. Competing models for strings have now been consolidated into a unified description,
Video examples
The wildly complex...
First, designers should streamline design elements and focus on eco-friendly materials. Factories need to develop energy efficient manufacturing processes that consolidate steps and sneaker parts. And consumers should support companies using clean energy and ethical manufacturing processes.
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Why do we sleep? PIPE...
which is brain processing and memory consolidation. What we know is that, if after you've tried to learn a task, and you sleep-deprive individuals, the ability to learn that task is smashed. It's really hugely attenuated. So sleep and memory consolidation is also very important.
Video examples
How sound can hack your...
This is the part of sleep where scientists believe that memory consolidation can happen. In this deep period of sleep, we're going to do something that you don't know we're going to do. Here's where the tricky part comes, and we start playing our cues. Do you play all the cues?
Video examples
Does stress affect your...
First comes the moment you encounter a new piece of information. Each sensory experience activates a unique set of brain areas. In order to become lasting memories, these sensory experiences have to be consolidated by the hippocampus, influenced by the amygdala,
Video examples
Is invisibility the...
time and I wouldn't be surprised if you did read more about it on your front pages in the next couple of months because I think people will fight to defend those rights but once they're defended I think the democracy will be consolidated just just a curiosity I
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Black Women and the...
earlier positions i mean the the pressures are tremendous by this period and they are only exacerbated by the entry of the united states into the first world war um the war effort um you would think um would lead to a kind of consolidation
Video examples
A walk through the...
We also get this beautiful overhaul of our cardiovascular system. And, in fact, upstairs in the brain, deep non-REM sleep will help consolidate memories and fixate them into the neural architecture of the brain. So that's non-REM sleep.
Video examples
The World's Smallest...
work to be done but with a successful captive breeding program established and the consolidation of the fragmented wild population into protected areas there is now a chance that future generations of
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Bonnie Raitt
American Musician
The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development.
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Shirley Jackson
American Novelist
I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.
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Chinua Achebe
Nigerian Writer
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.
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Anita Roddick
English Businesswoman
When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.
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S. S. Rajamouli
Indian Director
The consolidated appreciation that 'Eega' is the pride of the Telugu film industry is the biggest award I can get.
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Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.
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Mayawati
Indian Politician
I am not afraid of conspiracy, as it has always consolidated my votebank with a renewed resolve.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation.
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Bonnie Raitt
American Musician
The consolidation of the music business has made it difficult to encourage styles like the blues, all of which deserve to be celebrated as part of our most treasured national resources.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
American Politician
Pakistan's political instability is its greatest vulnerability, and a decline in U.S. power would reduce America's ability to aid Pakistan's consolidation and development.
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Shirley Jackson
American Novelist
I have always loved to use fear, to take it and comprehend it and make it work and consolidate a situation where I was afraid and take it whole and work from there.
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Chinua Achebe
Nigerian Writer
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.
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Anita Roddick
English Businesswoman
When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun.
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Francois Hollande
French Statesman
I can understand countries don't want to join the euro, but they cannot impede the consolidation and strengthening of the eurozone.
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S. S. Rajamouli
Indian Director
The consolidated appreciation that 'Eega' is the pride of the Telugu film industry is the biggest award I can get.
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Margrethe Vestager
Danish Politician
I think a lot can be said for consolidation, but I think it should be done for the right reasons.
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Mayawati
Indian Politician
I am not afraid of conspiracy, as it has always consolidated my votebank with a renewed resolve.
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Gita Gopinath
Indian Economist
It is important for India to stay the course on fiscal consolidation.
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