as in to calcify
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Recent Examples of ossify
But the only time the new movie feels like its joints haven’t ossified is in a few scenes with L.A. oddballs like Nasim Pedrad’s ditzy real estate agent or Affion Crockett as a country club valet who’s not falling for Axel’s shtick.
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
In the past decade, factional divisions within the regime have narrowed; a hard-line consensus has ossified.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
That order, despite its authoritarianism and fierce policing of the public sphere, never fully ossified.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Ty Burr, Washington Post, 3 July 2024
In the past decade, factional divisions within the regime have narrowed; a hard-line consensus has ossified.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023
At the same time, containment put unrelenting pressure on the Soviet Union and arguably led eventually to the internal collapse of the clumsy and ossified Soviet government — an outcome Kennan predicted.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
That order, despite its authoritarianism and fierce policing of the public sphere, never fully ossified.
—Laura Secor, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
Verb
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Instead, director Patrick Marber’s revival comes to Broadway at a time when these social ails have calcified and the art of the deal determines executive orders.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Anti-Western sentiment in West Africa eventually calcified into official pro-Russia policies.—
Jeffrey Gettleman,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Plan of attack With his coaching staff now in place, Johnson must crystallize his vision for the roster with general manager Ryan Poles.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
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But that film rocked me to my core in a way that crystallized my career path in film.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some three-dimensional metallic roses grew on their shiny reflective surfaces, with an important symbolism that served as a fit rouge for the entire collection: as fragile objects suddenly petrified, their hardened fragility was the designer’s own.—
Giorgia Feroldi,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
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He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
6 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Still, blood’s habit of coagulating, so useful in the body, proved a challenge outside of it: within a few minutes of beginning a transfusion, clots would gum up the needles and tubes, seriously limiting the quantity of blood that could be moved from person to person.—
Nicola Twilley,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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Her husband’s samples had arrived there coagulated and useless.—
John Carreyrou,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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