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One of those, tara gum, has been used safely for years as a thickening agent or stabilizer in human foods.
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The plot has thickened over the fate of Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball as another person is claiming legal ownership of the piece of baseball history.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
This heat effectively tightens skin tissue, thickens it, and improves overall texture.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2024
Like the stall walls have thickened and the ceiling has lowered and the light has dimmed.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
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Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
The plot has thickened over the fate of Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball as another person is claiming legal ownership of the piece of baseball history.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
This heat effectively tightens skin tissue, thickens it, and improves overall texture.
—Iman Balagam, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2024
Like the stall walls have thickened and the ceiling has lowered and the light has dimmed.
—Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for thicken
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Once the lens stiffens, it cannot be made more supple again.Maxine Lipner, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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Users could keep a wrist or elbow brace soft for maximum freedom of movement most of the time, for example, then stiffen it for support when lifting heavy objects.New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 July 2024
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The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2024
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Our conversation, which covered these riddles of life and more, has been edited and condensed.Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
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But in recent years, attitudes toward Jews have appeared to harden in some French minds.Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Oct. 2024
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In plaster casting, the plaster is soft before hardening in the form.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Intermediate Symptoms If cold exposure continues, frostbite progresses and causes the tissues to freeze.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 1 Nov. 2024
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Even when a shock is not given, being placed in the same location is enough to reactivate the engram and cause the mouse to freeze in fear.William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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In the following years, Donaldson solidified himself as a mainstream YouTuber with bigger videos and giving away more money.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Statehood and Democratic Dominance The push for statehood further solidified Democratic control.Jeremy Yurow, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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The process made milk more easily digestible, with microbes producing lactic acid that causes milk to curdle and form the basis of cheese.Katie Hunt, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
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The old laughter has now curdled into something more personal and petulant—and potentially dangerous.Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
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As Shogun was bathing in the glory of its record 18 wins at the Emmy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles’ Peacock Theater in September, Japanese director Takeshi Fukunaga was caked in mud and sweat in a small village on Hokkaido.Gavin J Blair, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Nov. 2024
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The unit was caked in grime that had accumulated over a significant amount of time, though what killed them was not immediately clear.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Thicken.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thicken. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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