ossify
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Or am I about to do something that is going to reinforce these divisions and ossify the boundaries between people?
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2023
He noted that true babies would probably not ossify into fossils, as their bones are too small.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022
We know, for example, that when you hit your 60s and 70s, vocal folds weaken, cartilage in the larynx begins to ossify and respiratory systems that power voices start to work less efficiently.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2021
If we become convinced that we have figured things out, our creative endeavors—whether scientific, artistic, spiritual or political—might ossify.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2021
Instead of melting Mr. Waring's obduracy seemed to ossify under the effects of tears and entreaties.
From The Haunted Homestead A Novel by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
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