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calcified



ADJECTIVE
petrified
Synonyms


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“In the past 20 years, a new social boundary seems to have calcified among people my age,” Walsh wrote.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The mouse model represented early fibrotic changes rather than advanced, heavily calcified aortic stenosis.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026

"Apparently they just sort of die down and they calcify basically. So at this point they are now calcified."

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

The later denial of his motion did not cool his grievances, but calcified them.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

When José Arcadio Buendía and the four men of his expedition managed to take the armor apart, they found inside a calcified skeleton with a copper locket containing a woman’s hair around its neck.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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