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Recent Examples of ossify
This year’s awards narrative was already feeling especially ossified.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The world has yet to ossify into routine; reality remains at the consistency of putty.
—Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
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
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
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
The world has yet to ossify into routine; reality remains at the consistency of putty.
—Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
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There’s an image of New York City, calcified in film, memoir, and newsprint, of a city built on a foundation of scruffy subcultures, especially those communities grounded in the city’s hundreds of distinct diasporas.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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As the genre eventually called alt-country calcified in Souled American’s wake, luminaries like John Darnielle, Will Oldham, and Tweedy himself all evangelized about the Chicago group without ever replicating their sound.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Pitchfork,
17 Apr. 2026
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What exactly the endgame of this road trip is doesn’t quite crystallize onscreen, leaving gaps and missing bookends that might encourage you to brush up on your European postwar history.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
14 May 2026
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After a quick inning in the seventh — just nine pitches — the idea of going all nine started to crystalize in his mind.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2026
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In group chats and meetings, Republicans are privately petrified the Iran war could cost them the midterms.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
16 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker leans pop-comic rather than petrifying in his final draft, opting for earnestness that smothers atmospheric dread.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
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As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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