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Recent Examples of calcify
But as the decades rolled on, the conventions of these temples to excess calcified.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 14 June 2025
Residents whose permanent teeth had calcified without developing the stains did not risk having their teeth turn brown, according to the CDC.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 May 2025
His muscles shrunk after the ejections, and will calcify, leading to muscle knotting in his back.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 May 2025
American film critics were beginning to adopt a more adversarial philosophy, influenced by the auteur theory calcified in Cahiers du cinéma magazine.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 14 June 2025
Residents whose permanent teeth had calcified without developing the stains did not risk having their teeth turn brown, according to the CDC.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 May 2025
His muscles shrunk after the ejections, and will calcify, leading to muscle knotting in his back.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 24 May 2025
American film critics were beginning to adopt a more adversarial philosophy, influenced by the auteur theory calcified in Cahiers du cinéma magazine.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calcify
Verb
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His worldview has ossified, and there is perhaps understandably a sense that his country has left him behind.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The final age is the modern one, with the world now mostly settled and divided up, its borders more sharply defined and ossified.—
Yussef Cole,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The idea that there is only one legitimate identity in Iran—Persian, Shia, and loyal to the central government—was crystallized during his rule.—
Jila Andalib,
Hartford Courant,
28 July 2025
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The new flagship service crystallized over a decade of investment in artificial intelligence and is meant to be definitive proof the EV maker is now an AI and robotics company.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
Verb
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So don’t go around being petrified of having your esophagus rupture someday.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Nearly every day brings a fresh breach of what were once thought to be the rules, moves that have thrilled his insurgent supporters and petrified his nervous opponents.—
Peter Baker,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Within hours the pool would coagulate into electric-blue slush, like a gas station Slurpee.—
Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Calcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calcify. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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