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• v  unite into one
  The companies consolidated
• v  make firm or secure; strengthen
• v  bring together into a single whole or system
  The town and county schools are being consolidated
• v  form into a solid mass or whole
  The mud had consolidated overnight
• v  make or form into a solid or hardened mass
• s  joined together into a whole
  a consolidated school
• s  forming a solid mass

• consolidate
• amalgamate
• amalgamated
• coalesced
• fused

News & Articles

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• Consolidated 4 board rejects tax increase
  Orangeburg Consolidated School District Four trustees recently turned down a proposed $26.4 million budget calling for a 3-mill tax increase for operations.
  June 24, 2013 - The Times and Democrat
• Acision Fusion – All in One Consolidated Messaging Platform Offers IP Services, Flexible Deployment, Service ...
  READING, England, June 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Consolidated messaging platform powers Rich Messaging services with SMS and MMS interworking, IP service integration and up to 70% cost savings on traditional ...
  June 24, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Lewis County consolidated police force struggling from financial strain
  When the mayors of Napavine, Toledo, Winlock and Vader proposed creating a consolidated police force earlier this year, they hoped it might provide a more affordable and efficient way to police their small communities.
  June 24, 2013 - The Daily News

Quotes

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• Ahmed Aboul Gheit in International Herald Tribune
  Aboul Gheit said Egypt will be asking Israel and Hamas for a temporary cease-fire "that would lead to a consolidated permanent cease-fire."
• Robert Gates in USA Today
  Our soldiers will be consolidated into a limited number of bases in order to provide protection for themselves and for civilians who are out working in the Iraqi neighborhoods and countryside as well,Gates said. "The risk to our troops...
• George Osborne in CITY A.M.
  I will propose a new means of consolidated support for her Majesty for the future at a later date,he said.