as in to calcify
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Recent Examples of ossify
But the only time the new movie feels like its joints haven’t ossified is in a few scenes with L.A. oddballs like Nasim Pedrad’s ditzy real estate agent or Affion Crockett as a country club valet who’s not falling for Axel’s shtick.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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
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
Advertisement Kneecaps begin to ossify — turn from cartilage to bone — between the ages of 2 and 6, becoming fully bone between the ages of 10 and 12.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
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
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
Advertisement Kneecaps begin to ossify — turn from cartilage to bone — between the ages of 2 and 6, becoming fully bone between the ages of 10 and 12.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
Verb
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This is a call to recognize and drain two swamps that limit innovation, calcify our politics and undermine the West’s strategic position.—
Wal van Lierop,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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If developments are left to follow their course, a de facto separation appears likely to calcify.—
Jason Pack,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Jan. 2017
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But at their core, pockets represented functional clothing, and women’s dress was meant to be decorative; these ideas crystallized during the Enlightenment era, which also led to men ditching their heels and more ornate adornments, and instead adopting more sober, standardized dress.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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This weekend, Johnson promised, his keynote address will crystallize.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2025
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He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.—
Sarah Belmont,
ARTnews.com,
17 Dec. 2024
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But there was another possible explanation the company didn’t discuss: Blood could coagulate inside the filter if the dialysis machine’s flow rate was set too low.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hope needs to find hope and coagulate into a giant hope.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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