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Recent Examples of ossify
The world has yet to ossify into routine; reality remains at the consistency of putty.
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Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
One of the authorities’ stated aims was the preservation of Bologna’s historic center, the idea being that to preserve was not to ossify but to invigorate, for the benefit of the inhabitants.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The three CEOs help articulate an essential question for your consideration: Does AI catalyze job growth or ossify the workforce?
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Ukrainian and Russian goals through the end of 2022 are therefore on a collision course: one side is working to prevent the conflict from ossifying along a frozen line of contact while the other works to attain precisely that outcome.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2022
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Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 21 Jan. 2026
One of the authorities’ stated aims was the preservation of Bologna’s historic center, the idea being that to preserve was not to ossify but to invigorate, for the benefit of the inhabitants.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
The three CEOs help articulate an essential question for your consideration: Does AI catalyze job growth or ossify the workforce?
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Ukrainian and Russian goals through the end of 2022 are therefore on a collision course: one side is working to prevent the conflict from ossifying along a frozen line of contact while the other works to attain precisely that outcome.
—Dara Massicot, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ossify
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Scott sings through a grin, refusing to let setbacks calcify.—
Marcus J. Moore,
Pitchfork,
18 Feb. 2026
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Her performance balances restraint with sudden flashes of overwhelming emotion and even fury, effectively embodying a woman whose subtle self-abuse has calcified into habit.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2026
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Presidential hopefuls often, though not always, release books before launching a campaign, giving them a moment in the spotlight before new audiences and a chance to crystallize their message embarking on a campaign.—
Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Apr. 2026
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However, Joe Ropar, attending the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, said Rubio’s unequivocal support for the Iran war helped crystallize his preference for the secretary of state for 2028.—
Michelle L. Price,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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The filmmaker leans pop-comic rather than petrifying in his final draft, opting for earnestness that smothers atmospheric dread.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
6 Feb. 2026
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The former slingshots between harmony and hysteria; the latter petrifies its beauty under a haze of ashy gray powder.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
28 Nov. 2025
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Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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A lot of the ambivalent parent discourse tends to coagulate around white cis-het mothers of a certain milieu.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Ossify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ossify. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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