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Recent Examples of calcify
However, if there are plaques that have not yet calcified, they will not be detected.
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Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The terrain of the narrator’s childhood seems to have calcified into mythology.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The planetary boundary for ocean acidification is defined as a 20% decline from the pre-industrial aragonite saturation state, a measure of ocean water's ability to support calcifying organisms such as corals and shellfish.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Tension in the pair’s relationship builds in each scene as mother and daughter calcify the heartbreaking distance between them.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
The terrain of the narrator’s childhood seems to have calcified into mythology.
—Ottessa Moshfegh, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
The planetary boundary for ocean acidification is defined as a 20% decline from the pre-industrial aragonite saturation state, a measure of ocean water's ability to support calcifying organisms such as corals and shellfish.
—Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
Tension in the pair’s relationship builds in each scene as mother and daughter calcify the heartbreaking distance between them.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calcify
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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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Malaysia's approach crystallizes the logic of prosocial AI — AI systems that are tailored, trained, tested, and targeted to bring out the best in and for people and planet.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Upon waking, remain still with eyes closed for a moment, allowing dreams and insights to crystallize before the demands of daily life crowd them out.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
8 Aug. 2025
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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 25 Aug. 2025.
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