as in to freeze
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin
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Recent Examples of gel
And then there’s Kaytranada’s Timeless, which seamlessly gels soulful R&B house with supple, savory vocals.
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Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
But this idea that Destiny 3 is that answer, even if in a perfect world that may be true, does not really gel with the reality that has been unfolding over the last couple years.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Trotter reignited the label with her quietly sensual designs and her focus on textures would gel with Bottega Veneta and her predecessor’s work at the brand.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Chika: Also, our individual performances came together and gelled.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
But this idea that Destiny 3 is that answer, even if in a perfect world that may be true, does not really gel with the reality that has been unfolding over the last couple years.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Trotter reignited the label with her quietly sensual designs and her focus on textures would gel with Bottega Veneta and her predecessor’s work at the brand.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024
Chika: Also, our individual performances came together and gelled.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gel
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Although our grandmothers kept it on the countertop, experts today recommend storing it in the refrigerator up to three months or freezing it for basically forever.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
1 Feb. 2025
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Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding The word on NFL draft prospects, free agents and Chicago Bears coaches.—
Josh Krockey,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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Spritzing the end of the thread with hairspray will stiffen it just enough to be able to be threaded more easily, but keeps enough flexibility to be used.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
5 Jan. 2025
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Restrictive cardiomyopathy: Another rare type, this causes heart muscles to stiffen, which in turn prevents the heart’s ventricles from filling with enough blood to pump throughout the body.—
Elizabeth Millard,
TIME,
18 Dec. 2024
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The depths are a swirl of tapioca, agar-agar and basil seeds like a hundred tiny eyes, jellied on the outside with a crunch within.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
24 May 2018
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From here, the longest run in the region is a leg-jellying 15 kilometer, 2,000-meter descent back down to Gaislachkogl.—
CNN,
CNN,
26 Oct. 2017
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The endlessly charming ensemble has really jelled together and bonded with the material, making for terrific chemistry and energy.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Detroit Free Press,
12 Dec. 2024
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But this team has every opportunity to jell into something cohesive and sneak its way back to respectability.—
Nick Suss,
The Tennessean,
29 Oct. 2024
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Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American-Statesman,
24 Nov. 2024
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Dried-out mascara will clump and flake, but more importantly bacteria can get into the tube via the mascara wand, eventually leading to potential eye infections.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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His coat was clumped together with dirt and matting.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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Aside this was a pool — five or six feet long and almost as wide — of what appeared to be the same fetid liquid, congealed.—
Ian Frisch,
Curbed,
9 Jan. 2025
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Episodes don’t feel like episodes, so much as chunks of one long blob-like thing meant to congeal around the edges of each movie.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Dec. 2024
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These include neurocognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, substance use and addiction disorders, clotting disorders and several other conditions.—
Ziyad Al-Aly,
The Conversation,
22 Jan. 2025
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Plasma carries essential proteins and clotting factors essential during emergencies, yet fewer than 4% of the population have this blood type.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
22 Nov. 2024
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“Gel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gel. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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