ossified

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As Meher Mirza wrote for Saveur, "the word 'curry' is sometimes used in the West as a familiar semaphore, but the term ossifies the immense sophistication and complexity of Indian food."

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2021

As empirical science ossifies, journalists such as myself, who feed society’s hunger, will come under more pressure to tout theories that supposedly transcend quantum mechanics or the big bang theory or natural selection.

From Scientific American • Oct. 20, 2019

Their cartilage kneecaps take at least three years to harden; other bones begin 11 weeks before birth, when softer tissue ossifies.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2019

As the front line ossifies into a de facto border, the group has integrated with the rebels’ internal affairs ministry, retaining a paramilitary function and substantial arsenal.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2016

When humanity, wrung to its utmost, gives way, or ossifies.

From Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by Robinson, Frederick William