calcified

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The Wives’ appeal is in the way they challenge such calcified definitions of “traditional” gender roles.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Those wins come from a combination of tax and entitlement reform, wholesale deregulation, the administration’s disruption of a calcified budget process, and some spending leadership in Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

But by 1965 he is almost always behind sunglasses, his enigma calcified.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2024

Science and media really do tend to focus heavily on the animals with calcified internal architecture.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2024

She could see how it had taken root, calcified, inflamed by his own guilt and shame.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill