as in to crystallize
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The scene proper didn’t really crystallize until the mid-2010s, when Lofi Girl and other online hotspots cropped up.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
2 July 2025 -
Parlaying a performance like Wednesday’s into something more sustainable would crystallize the club’s focus toward the July 31 trade deadline.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
11 June 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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The planetary boundary for ocean acidification is defined as a 20% decline from the pre-industrial aragonite saturation state, a measure of ocean water's ability to support calcifying organisms such as corals and shellfish.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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Tension in the pair’s relationship builds in each scene as mother and daughter calcify the heartbreaking distance between them.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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Many Republicans would like to stiffen the work requirements by requiring work of recipients who are up to age 65 or are the parents of children who are more than six years old.—
Tracy Roof,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
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The Police Department, along with representatives from AT&T and Spectrum, are urging lawmakers to stiffen the penalties for cable theft.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Feb. 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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The death of the 32-year-old has shuttered the federal criminal prosecution and thickens the cloud of mystery surrounding the May 17 bombing attack at the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.—
Scott MacFarlane
July 6,
CBS News,
6 July 2025
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Vanilla bean paste contains the seeds of the vanilla pod mixed with sugar, extract, and thickening agents.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 July 2025
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“Rigidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidify. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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