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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
Verb
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Decades of city life had calcified the tension in my bones, the chatter in my mind directing me to do more, buy more, and be more.—
Meghan Palmer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Mar. 2026
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The guidelines also call for wider use of coronary calcium scoring, which is a noninvasive scan that measures calcified plaque in the arteries.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
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Our aim with ‘Dungeon Masters’ is to crystallize all that’s great about actual play – the tension, drama, and unpredictable nature – and put our stamp on it with upcoming official source material.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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To crystallize the volatile — even violent — energy that binds artistic connections across space and time.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 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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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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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 18 Apr. 2026.
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