ossify

Example Sentences

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Nadal, who has a longstanding foot problem because his navicular bone did not correctly ossify during childhood, was upbeat about his progress after his loss to Harris.

From New York Times

When Congress created the right to “an individualized and appropriate education” for disabled students, the system for educating blind ones had already ossified around the needs of administrators.

From Los Angeles Times

There hasn’t been time for bureaucracy to ossify.

From Washington Post

In response to what he calls “ossified and bureaucratic” traditional funding mechanisms, Tyler Cowen, an economist at George Mason University, created Fast Grants through the school’s Mercatus Center, a free market-oriented nonprofit organization.

From Washington Post

Depending on whom you ask, the Postal Service is either an iconic provider of an essential public service or an ossified, money-losing agency badly in need of free-market discipline.

From Salon