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Recent Examples of ossify
Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse.
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
But the only time the new movie feels like its joints haven’t ossified is in a few scenes with L.A. oddballs like Nasim Pedrad’s ditzy real estate agent or Affion Crockett as a country club valet who’s not falling for Axel’s shtick.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
Featuring entries dedicated to the abominable snowman and Nandi bears alongside examinations of platypuses and gorillas, Heuvelmans’s book celebrates the potential of a world teeming with creatures the scientific record has not yet ossified into fact.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
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Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024
But the only time the new movie feels like its joints haven’t ossified is in a few scenes with L.A. oddballs like Nasim Pedrad’s ditzy real estate agent or Affion Crockett as a country club valet who’s not falling for Axel’s shtick.
—Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
Featuring entries dedicated to the abominable snowman and Nandi bears alongside examinations of platypuses and gorillas, Heuvelmans’s book celebrates the potential of a world teeming with creatures the scientific record has not yet ossified into fact.
—Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 18 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
Verb
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However, if there are plaques that have not yet calcified, they will not be detected.—
Bryant Stamford,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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The terrain of the narrator’s childhood seems to have calcified into mythology.—
Ottessa Moshfegh,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Verb
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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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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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