calcified

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Those wins come from a combination of tax and entitlement reform, wholesale deregulation, the administration’s disruption of a calcified budget process, and some spending leadership in Congress.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Victor then flips back to an earlier chapter, before their graduation, to a time when Agnes seems less calcified in her idiosyncrasies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2025

Pre-op checks had indicated Mrs Readhead's left side was to be used for the TAVI, as her right side had some blockages because of calcified arteries.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2025

Balancing them is Tseng’s ranging tumble between sharp agony, quiet rage, and calcified disillusionment, all of it encapsulated in a physically understated portrayal that quietly builds to a small twitch that changes everything.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

On the upper left lung there was a bright place like a calcified star.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers