JELLING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

jelling

verb

present participle of jell

as in forming

to take on a definite form our ideas for the marketing campaign are just beginning to jell

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as in gelling

to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly the sauce will jell once it cools down

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The sun hasn’t risen, and yet a championship atmosphere is already forming.

— Jack Leo, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
In fact, the ratio is typical of that found on the outer edge of planet-forming discs around young stars, implying 3I/ATLAS formed a long way out from its parent star, perhaps in the equivalent of its Kuiper belt.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026

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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

Definition of crystallizing

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On Tuesday the team—which includes nine specialists across medicine, performance and psychology—could have an array of ice bags, cold towels, freezing vests and even cooling overshoes at their disposal.

— Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026
There is no shortage of policy proposals for reducing college costs, ranging from freezing tuition to canceling student debt.

— Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 26 June 2026

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