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Recent Examples of calcify
Their anti-Trump entrenchment has calcified into left-wing orthodoxy that’s difficult to unwind.
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The targeted killing of the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the United States in 2020 likely calcified these concerns in the minds of Iran’s leaders.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Stories like the closest, about inglorious grunt work and uncommon sacrifice, are everywhere in the NFL; tales that calcify with each retelling until the truth of this coach or that executive’s rise becomes inseparable from myth.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Without narrative space, these small wounds calcify into resentment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Nafees Alam, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
The targeted killing of the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani by the United States in 2020 likely calcified these concerns in the minds of Iran’s leaders.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 5 Sep. 2025
Stories like the closest, about inglorious grunt work and uncommon sacrifice, are everywhere in the NFL; tales that calcify with each retelling until the truth of this coach or that executive’s rise becomes inseparable from myth.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Aug. 2025
Without narrative space, these small wounds calcify into resentment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calcify
Verb
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One of the authorities’ stated aims was the preservation of Bologna’s historic center, the idea being that to preserve was not to ossify but to invigorate, for the benefit of the inhabitants.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The three CEOs help articulate an essential question for your consideration: Does AI catalyze job growth or ossify the workforce?—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The legal battle had crystallized Lachlan’s anger at his siblings for never recognizing his business record.—
Gabriel Sherman,
Vanity Fair,
14 Jan. 2026
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The idea crystallized on one of her early trips back to Ghana.—
Essence,
Essence,
14 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
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You'll be petrified by the violence inflicted upon boys who only wanted a chance to pull their families out of financial duress and have an opportunity at a comfortable life afforded to most of us sitting in our seats.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The honey was too thick and caused the sauce to kind of coagulate.—
Brittany Loggins,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
17 Dec. 2025
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For many of the protesters, a general sense of lawlessness – not supported by official crime figures for England and Wales, which broadly show a decrease over the past decade – had coagulated into a specific fear of migrants.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
12 Dec. 2025
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“Calcify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calcify. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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