Definition of "consolidative" []

• Tending or having power to consolidate. (adjective)

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• "S&P500 is best described as consolidative rather than directional."
• "For patients with localized disease, and who can tolerate a radical surgery, radiation is often given post-operatively as a consolidative treatment."
• "The metal's rally with other commodities in the past few sessions has been a consolidative bounce in an overall downtrend that has returned, said Bill O'Neill,"