calcify
Example Sentences
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Networking isn’t like traditional manufacturing or energy infrastructure where market share calcifies over decades.
From Barron's
You get a real sense that Nick loves Audrey, and an equally clear impression of how 15 years of husband-and-wife routine have calcified their partnership.
From New York Times
Some have suggested that calcified plaque is more stable and therefore less likely to lead to a heart attack.
From Seattle Times
He set out to save the Soviet Union from the punishing drain of the Cold War arms race and to open up its calcified, dysfunctional economic and political systems.
From Washington Post
In other cases, economic opportunity upends the political makeup of a state or calcifies an ideology within a region.
From Washington Times
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