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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
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There was a layer of gravel underfoot, some parts of the aqueduct’s sides were calcified, and slender white stalactites hung in clusters from above, but the superb Roman engineering was entirely intact.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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While cartilage and bone are both connective tissue, the extracellular matrix these cells are embedded in is much thinner and softer in cartilage, while in bone, that matrix is calcified and hard.—
Elizabeth Rayne,
Ars Technica,
21 Mar. 2025
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Against that backdrop, Saturday night in Philadelphia crystallized all the good that can happen when teams get those picks right.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2025
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Public perception can crystallize within hours, so executives must be ready to act with purpose and composure instead of debating indefinitely.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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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
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Hope needs to find hope and coagulate into a giant hope.—
Steven Zeitchik,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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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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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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