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

After an era of vigorous growth, they ossify and die.

From Scientific American • Nov. 23, 2019

"The phrases men are accustomed," says Goethe, "to repeat incessantly, end by becoming convictions, and ossify the organs of intelligence."

From American Eloquence, Volume 2 Studies In American Political History (1896) by Johnston, Alexander