Verb (used without object) : The two lakes coalesced into one. ,The various groups coalesced into a crowd. ,Their ideas coalesced into one theory.    From Dictionary.com. 

Unfortunately, Canadian jurisprudence has yet to begin coalescing to the same extent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swartz v. Does: American and Canadian approaches to anonymity in internet defamation cases : Law is Cool] Reference

I've been saddened as this line of argument has been slowly but surely coalescing from the Clinton campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eschaton] Reference

And if the answer to that is, yes, what's the best evidence of this government kind of coalescing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 9, 2008] Reference

Of those words I am sick of, coalescing is one.    From Wordnik.com.  ['til you find you're back in vegas with a handle in your hand--] Reference

So I think there are number of things that are kind of coalescing to improve the utilization in our restructuring business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Financial Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha] Reference

And I think now they're coalescing around Mike Huckabee.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007] Reference

VELEZ-MITCHELL: -- and we are coalescing around this issue.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 11, 2009] Reference

Look, the truth is the conservative movement is coalescing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 17, 2008] Reference

The Democrats are coalescing around a very different strategy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference

The coalescing syllables which form the number and person of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [English Grammar in Familiar Lectures] Reference

I mean, I talk about coalescing behind McCain and what have you.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 5, 2008] Reference

The GOP has a history of early on coalescing around one candidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 4, 2007] Reference

RAZ: Well, it appears as if his party is now coalescing around him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2006] Reference

What's the percentage that the committee is coalescing around here?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 30, 2009] Reference

Is it a sign that state Republicans are coalescing around Maes 'bid?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Afternoon Fix: Kelly Ayotte wins New Hampshire Senate nod; National Republicans backing Christine O'Donnell] Reference

If there's anything people are coalescing around, it seems to be that.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2009] Reference

What we're seeing are the coalescing of these forces in their regions.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2007] Reference

And I think, you know, what we're seeing now is we're seeing a coalescing.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 27, 2008] Reference

I'm not there yet, but I can feel something coalescing, some kind of heat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jennie Nash: The Making of a Novel: Snail's Pace Race] Reference

And most Senate Democrats seem to be coalescing around a more cautious plan.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 19, 2006] Reference

O'BRIEN: Plans for a peacekeeping force coalescing today in Lebanon, we hope.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 16, 2006] Reference

She's really just coalescing the base and not reaching across the 50-yard line.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 27, 2008] Reference

You should (hopefully) see a coalescing of votes for the top two to five ideas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kevin O'Connor: Don't Make the Solution Part of Your Problem] Reference

The hills are covered with distinct small shrubs, never coalescing into patches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

The rain begins as he turns onto her street, droplets coalescing on the windshield.    From Wordnik.com.  [Quickly The World Blurs] Reference

The reason Republicans are coalescing around him is, he really exudes strong leadership.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2008] Reference

In this regard it's heartening to see interest in Hollywood coalescing around transmedia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood must plot a new course to win back its audience] Reference

What's going to -- what's happening is that Republicans are coalescing around John McCain.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2008] Reference

It really feels like John McCain has the bigger problem now in coalescing a party around him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 12, 2008] Reference

And yet you don ` t have a party that ` s coalescing around any one of -- one of those people.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 14, 2007] Reference

CROWLEY: Nothing seems to be coalescing around any one interpretation of what is going on here.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 6, 2009] Reference

Now these represent various group, not just al Qaeda who somehow are coalescing inside the country.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2003] Reference

BRAZILE: Well, we're a long way from the American people coalescing behind the White House or the White House's recent statements.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2005] Reference

The hills are as usual barren, all the shrubs are thorny, and all the plants unsocial, never coalescing into any thing like groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference

Rudra coalescing with Agni (the Fire-god) and Uma with Swaha have combined to make thee invincible for the well-being of all creatures.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3] Reference