CRYSTALLIZING Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

crystallizing

verb

variants also crystalizing

present participle of crystallize

as in forming

to take on a definite form after months of planning, the project is finally starting to crystallize

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Recent Examples of crystallizing Read on for some thoughts on Microsoft’s crystallizing Windows strategy, my hands-on experience with the new search box, and a disappointing change coming soon for Microsoft 365 users. — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 There was also a sense of celebration at completing five years of the three day, bi-annual event, which has been crystallizing and finding a sharper focus each season. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026 Some fortunes, however, are already crystallizing into deeds. — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 The lyrics describe a crystallizing moment in which the narrator realizes that her relationship is the thing that’s not working in her life, despite the best hopes and intentions. — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 June 2026 Khosla himself has endorsed the idea of a national wealth fund, and the symmetry between his individual advocacy and OpenAI’s institutional proposal suggests that a policy framework is crystallizing within the AI industry’s upper echelons. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Apr. 2026 That regime sentiment seems to be crystalizing. — David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 Venus conjoins crystallizing Saturn in your 8th House of Serious Exchanges. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026 Such occasions are crystallizing. — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026

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forming

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Agent 12, for example, spent most of its time forming shapes such as a compass or a clock, and figures such as a butterfly or a sailboat.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 26 Oct. 2026
For a black artist like myself, forming and writing songs for a boy band is a form of code ditching, a way of seizing aesthetics and timbres that have been unduly withheld from my predecessors.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

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