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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

Maerl beds may closely resemble corals but they are in fact thousands of pieces of free-living calcified seaweed that can interlock to create a carpet brimming with life.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

It preserves three dimensional skin, calcified cartilage, and even traces of proteins.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

Or has she calcified her feelings, protected herself, as he is learning to do?

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr


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