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fossilized

[fahs-uh-lahyzd] / ˈfɑs əˌlaɪzd /
ADJECTIVE
ossified
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
petrified
Synonyms


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The fossilized bones provide clues about how Kank may have hunted.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

This was a fossilized program taking on a divisive, peripatetic local who’d pledged his prior job was going to be his “last job.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

By examining the fossilized feathers, researchers identified a continuous line of black spots along the wing edges.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

I take table 24 their reheated main courses, which they immediately reject as either too cold or fossilized by the microwave.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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