as in to crystallize
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Malaysia's approach crystallizes the logic of prosocial AI — AI systems that are tailored, trained, tested, and targeted to bring out the best in and for people and planet.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025 -
Upon waking, remain still with eyes closed for a moment, allowing dreams and insights to crystallize before the demands of daily life crowd them out.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
8 Aug. 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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With his focus clear, sources say, William's anger has calcified into indifference about the situation, a friend told The Sunday Times in June.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Stories like the closest, about inglorious grunt work and uncommon sacrifice, are everywhere in the NFL; tales that calcify with each retelling until the truth of this coach or that executive’s rise becomes inseparable from myth.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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The sounds capture tiny mechanical vibrations, sometimes caused by stiffening arteries or narrowing heart vessels, that can indicate the early onset of disease.—
Carla Mendez,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
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That combination of scarcity and desirability stiffens competition and drives up prices, DeJohn says.—
Talia Wexler,
CNBC,
30 July 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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Return egg mixture to saucepan, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring, until custard thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 170 degrees to 175.—
Judy Bart Kancigor,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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Cook, stirring often, until thickened, about 10 minutes.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Rigidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidify. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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