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The mud helped to preserve and fossilize the wood.
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One day Dave whacked the laurel hedge down to sturdy stumps, like dinosaurs fossilized midstride.
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Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
An unusual chemical alchemy may have been responsible for the unique way Sue was fossilized, the researchers hypothesized.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Thirty years later, that warning has come true: Dinosaurs, both fossilized and fictional, are firmly in the hands of the highest bidder.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
The fossil, dated to about 444 million years ago, contained a new species of arthropod that fossilized inside-out, according to a paper published in the journal Palaeontology last week.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025
An unusual chemical alchemy may have been responsible for the unique way Sue was fossilized, the researchers hypothesized.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
Thirty years later, that warning has come true: Dinosaurs, both fossilized and fictional, are firmly in the hands of the highest bidder.
—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025
The fossil, dated to about 444 million years ago, contained a new species of arthropod that fossilized inside-out, according to a paper published in the journal Palaeontology last week.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Fossilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossilize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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fossilize
verb
fos·sil·ize
ˈfäs-ə-ˌlīz 
fossilized; fossilizing
: to change or become changed into a fossil
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