verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
company
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Why, then, have companies chosen to consolidate these activities into a single function?
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The county wanted one company to consolidate administrative services, Simonsen said, not two firms working toward that goal.
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The company said it has consolidated its services into four groups to improve operations.
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Computer networking companies have been consolidating rapidly as the industry becomes more competitive and demand for products increases.
control
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Those who did well out of coffee growing started employing labourers and consolidated their control over the best land.
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When fiscal crisis erupts, they consolidate agencies and centralize control .
hold
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Intermittent war rages across Ulthuan once more as the Dark Elves consolidate their hold on the northern lands. 602 Caradryel dies peacefully.
operation
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Lockheed Martin will likely save hundreds of millions of dollars through consolidating overlapping operations between it and Loral.
position
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This work is consolidating Johnson Matthey's position as a world leader in precious metal refining.
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Aung San was consolidating his overall position .
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Overall these efforts will consolidate Johnson Matthey's position as a leading supplier of high-technology materials.
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A broken spinnaker halyard put paid to Law's spirited last-minute effort, while Peters failed to consolidate his position .
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But now Moira's gone, Tamar's wasting no time consolidating her position .
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The deal would consolidate Lafarge's position as the world's leading cement company.
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I thought we might need the extra time to help consolidate our position .
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The prince himself was taken back to Northampton, where he remained while Gloucester consolidated his position .
power
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These tactics illustrate how strategic behaviour can be used to consolidate existing market power .
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Five months later, Diem consolidated his power .
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This seemed the best way to draw the wavering states away from Washington and consolidate Southern power .
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What was the significance of the army in securing and consolidating Hitler's power before 1931? 2.
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Foremost among these was his need to consolidate his power .
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This had been consolidated in power by the end of the fourteenth century, after the one serious attempt to overthrow it.
reputation
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We look forward in 2000 to consolidating our reputation as one of Britain's premier political publishers.
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The Wedding Present consolidated their reputation as a fine live band during 1988 but released a dearth of new material.
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This second great spurt of legislation consolidated Roosevelt's reputation as a reformer and helped to ensure his re-election in 1936.
■ VERB
help
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His teacher's explanation would help to consolidate his previous experiences.
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The experience of history may have helped to consolidate such a sense of trust.
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I thought we might need the extra time to help consolidate our position.
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We now are offering them help in consolidating their independence and rebuilding their economies.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Successful advertising helped them to consolidate their position as the largest computer company in Europe.
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They took out a loan to consolidate their credit card bills.
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We'll be consolidating departments and cutting the mayor's staff by 61%.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A poignant or shrewd quotation may consolidate or embellish your final remarks.
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Again, the grant consolidated existing ducal interests, rounding out Gloucester's influence in the honour of Pickering further east.
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Lockheed Martin will likely save hundreds of millions of dollars through consolidating overlapping operations between it and Loral.
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The engineering and design function was likewise consolidated into a single vertically aligned group.
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The original porous bone has been consolidated to become much heavier than it would have been in life.
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Where a public law application is consolidated with private law proceedings, however, a court welfare officer may already be involved.