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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consolidate.

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Examples

  • Canberra network operator "consolidates" IP transit services.

    iTnews Australia 2009

  • The date of the occurrence doesn't seem to coincide with anything in particular-though, given the way TM "consolidates" backups after a month, it's really difficult to tell.

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • AT&T has a major presence in the book, as it consolidates its hold not only on the telephone network, but tries to take over radio, even as it fought off a challenge from the then-dominant Western Union.

    Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010

  • U.S. private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts will reduce its stake in one of Australia's leading media companies through the 4.1 billion Australian dollar US$4.16 billion sale of Seven Media Group to West Australian Newspapers Holdings, which consolidates the media assets of billionaire Kerry Stokes.

    Business Watch 2011

  • AT&T has a major presence in the book, as it consolidates its hold not only on the telephone network, but tries to take over radio, even as it fought off a challenge from the then-dominant Western Union.

    Art Brodsky: The Master Switch by Tim Wu -- a Masterful Guide to Our Internet World Art Brodsky 2010

  • Paul is now certain to become a national Tea Party icon as the movement consolidates its shift from maverick populist phenomenon to major congressional force.

    Tea Party scores first election night victory as Rand Paul takes Kentucky Kentucky Ed Pilkington in Bowling Green 2010

  • Youku may see increased content costs in the short term, though it expects costs are likely to stabilize in the long term as China's online-video-sector consolidates, Chief Financial Officer Dele Liu said on a teleconference about the financial results.

    Youku.com Net Loss Narrows Owen Fletcher 2011

  • The resounding victory consolidates the Tamil National Alliance's status as an authentic representative of ethnic Tamils in negotiations with Rajapaksa's ethnic majority Sinhalese-controlled government in sharing political power and postwar rehabilitation.

    Ex-rebel proxies sweep Sri Lanka local elections 2011

  • Deutsche Telekom's exposure to southeastern Europe, where some countries still haven't substantially recovered from the economic crisis, is significant; it holds a 30% stake in Greece's Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA, or OTE, and fully consolidates the company.

    Deutsche Telekom's Profit Falls 37% Philipp Grontzki 2011

  • The resounding victory consolidates the Tamil National Alliance's status as an authentic representative of ethnic Tamils in negotiations with Rajapaksa's ethnic majority Sinhalese-controlled government in sharing political power and postwar rehabilitation.

    Ex-rebel proxies sweep Sri Lanka local elections 2011

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