as in to crystallize
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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 -
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
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His worldview has ossified, and there is perhaps understandably a sense that his country has left him behind.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The final age is the modern one, with the world now mostly settled and divided up, its borders more sharply defined and ossified.—
Yussef Cole,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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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
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The whole squad has put up an impressive 18 scores in four tourney matches, though competition now stiffens for single elimination.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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My forehead stiffened and went numb, like it was made of concrete that had suddenly set.—
Sarah Miller,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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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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Byrne camps up the vocals, hooting, hollering, snarling, yelping and whooping; Harrison thickens the guitar mix; Tina and Chris drive the rhythm; and songs tumble one into the next like a great, sweaty-ass DJ set.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
26 July 2025
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Both ice creams start with the same classic technique: gently heating milk and cream, tempering in the egg yolks, and cooking until the custard thickens.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2025
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“Rigidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidify. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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