consolidatory old use

We're due for a bit of a consolidatory phase.'

As a result, during 1998 CONTACT embarked on a consolidatory year with two new already funded major projects.

The Electoral Act 1956 allowed New Zealanders to vote from overseas: it functioned predominantly as a consolidatory and simplifying act.

Consolidatory movements are afoot, and will, I imagine, bear fruit sometime around the new year, with the planned conference - The Question Concerning the Techno Artist.

Furthermore, the thinking of enlightened managers is moving in this direction, and what is argued here could therefore be construed as a timely consolidatory manifesto to encourage the faint-hearted.