as in to crystallize
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The earnings expectations that break the map Even before the dispersion data crystallized, Lamont was growing uneasy about the earnings story justifying valuations.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 June 2026 -
The exasperation crystallized in November 2025.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
11 June 2026
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The problem in our politics is the fixed thinking and stubbornness that ossify our bias.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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The positions of both the U.S. government and Iran have ossified since May 8, 2018 – the date when the first Trump administration withdrew the United States from the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal.—
Nina Srinivasan Rathbun,
The Conversation,
17 Feb. 2026
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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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To execute its ruthless 66-pound weight loss program, the rear seats have been completely deleted, replaced by a massive structural strut brace that significantly stiffens the chassis.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Nicks on the edge or stiffened, curled rubber will leave streaks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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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
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Before freezing, blanching the potatoes gelatinizes surface starches, and freezing encourages those starches to reorganize into a firmer structure.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
8 Feb. 2026
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Starches swell with heat and water, gelatinizing to give dough its airy lift.—
Sanjay Srivastava,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Raw milk is treated with heat, acid, or enzymes to coagulate it into two distinct substances: curds, which become cheese, and whey, which was, at least until recently, the cheesemaking process’s unlovely by-product.—
Ellen Cushing,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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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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But statistics fail to convey the humanity of yard sales—the caprice, whimsy, and high spirits, as well as the cunning, weirdness, and heartbreak, that charge and thicken the air when two people agree to perform an off-the-books monetary transaction.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
12 June 2026
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Chia pudding with mango works well because chia seeds thicken overnight in almond milk and can be topped with diced mango and granola in the morning.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2026
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“Rigidify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigidify. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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