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sclerotic

[skli-rot-ik] / sklɪˈrɒt ɪk /


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Stupak credits Fedorov with achieving something no-one would have imagined possible ten years ago: dragging the sclerotic, rigidly inflexible military into the digital world.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Ukraine “really laid bare how fragile and how sclerotic the defense industrial base had become,” Mr. Kreitz says.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, with very poor demographics and a sclerotic economy, Japan is less likely to grow its way out of its debt problem than the U.S.

From Barron's Feb. 9, 2026

The center’s calendar is looking increasingly sclerotic as big names continue to defect, with the NSO providing much-needed padding as it moves on in the face of unending change.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 27, 2026

In infectious diseases, especially septic, widespread sclerotic changes occurred in the aorta.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield




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