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The mud helped to preserve and fossilize the wood.
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The Petoskey and Charlevoix stones are fossilized pre-historic coral that is roughly 350 million years during the Devonian Age.
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 July 2025
As a result, droppings from centuries ago were often fossilized, waiting to be found in caves.
—New York Times, 25 July 2025
One fist-sized rock held over a thousand microscopic fossils, including soft-bodied animals that are rarely fossilized, John wrote.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
To discern whether a mammal had a placenta, a pouch, or something else entirely, researchers have to look at other placental mammals and compare features that do fossilize, for example, the teeth or the morphology of the body.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2025
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Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 27 July 2025
As a result, droppings from centuries ago were often fossilized, waiting to be found in caves.
—New York Times, 25 July 2025
One fist-sized rock held over a thousand microscopic fossils, including soft-bodied animals that are rarely fossilized, John wrote.
—Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 5 Aug. 2025
To discern whether a mammal had a placenta, a pouch, or something else entirely, researchers have to look at other placental mammals and compare features that do fossilize, for example, the teeth or the morphology of the body.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fossilize
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“Fossilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossilize. Accessed 22 Aug. 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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