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Over time, these differences tend to concretize, revealing the ultimate danger in partially remote workforces: the creation of essentially two different organizations. Brian Kardon, Fortune, "The case for going all-in on remote work," 5 July 2020

Even the way Hollywood promotes itself, with costly parties at far-flung events, has changed in ways that may concretize, with major industry gatherings like South by Southwest, the fall TV upfronts and the Cannes Film Festival canceled or delayed. Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, "As a Virus Upends Hollywood, There May Never Be a Return to Normal," 26 Mar. 2020

Thus, the outsize significance of the wedding ring, a clumsy flail toward concretizing what is essentially ethereal. Jennifer Bernstein, Vox, "Even as I question the institution of marriage and all its traditions, I find myself still wanting a ring.," 3 July 2019

Pullman excels at concretizing evocative notions (self-consciousness, for instance, or how the self experiences its own contradictions) in witty dialogue between a child and his animal-shaped soul mate. Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, "The Book of Dust, Volume 1," 18 Oct. 2017

The iconography of coach hair styles has been varied: Jimmy Johnson’s silver side part, concretized by gel, at the University of Miami, or Pete Carroll’s happy-dude pompadour, at the University of Southern California. Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, "Nick Saban, College Football’s Uncharismatic Conservative," 9 Jan. 2017

The rise of social media has allowed hatred to be both concretized— Megan Garber, The Atlantic, "When Hatred Is a Joke," 3 July 2017

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