as in to calcify
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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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Over time, that bone started to calcify and thicken, bothering his labrums.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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Procurement rules calcified around rules designed for cutting edge, but expensive and slow-cycle, weapons systems, hostile to the iteration speed that commercial technology demands.—
Clay Chandler,
semafor.com,
12 May 2026
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Each pavé stone, crystalized seed, and dangling jewel has been polished and perfected almost obsessively, making those three-figure price tags more palatable.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
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That can help crystallize which tasks are non-negotiable and which can be temporarily deprioritized.—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The first film follows a group of French high-school students who travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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Johansson plays her with a tough edge to match her Queens accent, but Hester is clearly petrified by this perfect storm of ugly events.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
Verb
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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 6 Jun. 2026.
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