as in to calcify
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Recent Examples of ossify
In the past decade, factional divisions within the regime have narrowed; a hard-line consensus has ossified.
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Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
That order, despite its authoritarianism and fierce policing of the public sphere, never fully ossified.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
Featuring entries dedicated to the abominable snowman and Nandi bears alongside examinations of platypuses and gorillas, Heuvelmans’s book celebrates the potential of a world teeming with creatures the scientific record has not yet ossified into fact.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
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Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
That order, despite its authoritarianism and fierce policing of the public sphere, never fully ossified.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
Featuring entries dedicated to the abominable snowman and Nandi bears alongside examinations of platypuses and gorillas, Heuvelmans’s book celebrates the potential of a world teeming with creatures the scientific record has not yet ossified into fact.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
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The nation’s political divides might just be too old, and too calcified, to keep pace—which, for once, might be to the benefit of the American people.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Things that are stylish and clever the first time are calcified by the fourth episode.Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
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While most films would crystallize their theses as they near their end, Martha invites ambiguity and uncertainty.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The pandemic crystallized the impact of this on so many levels.Prem Ramkumar, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
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The thought of Alvarez running, jumping, sliding or injuring himself — for a team still missing Tucker — petrifies Espada.Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
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The body was supposedly petrified by sap, and the loggers found several gold coins dating to the late 1600s, as well as pieces of paper identifying the person as Pierre D’Artagnan.Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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Antonio ended up in intensive care at Dell’s Children's Medical Center and was gaunt, his blood coagulating.Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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As a preventative course of treatment, people with the blood disorder receive weekly injections of factor IX to enable their blood to coagulate, said GOSH.Julia O'Driscoll, The Week UK, theweek, 27 June 2024
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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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