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Meanings of fossilised in inglés

Set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs.

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        Examples for "fossilized"
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        Similar terrestrial disruption can be inferred from changes in fossilized plant spores.
        Wired
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        Some of this undigested material was fossilized and can be studied today.
        Reuters
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        I demorphed amid the fossilized remains of sewage from a dozen species.
        The Andalite Chronicles
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        His face fossilized and his little remaining vitality vanished in an instant.
        To the end of the land
        5
        Only about one bone in a billion, it is thought, ever becomes fossilized.
        A short history of nearly everything
        1
        Social policy has ossified, no longer attuned to families with young children.
        The Guardian
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        By age two thousand, their thoughts had completely ossified, losing all creativity.
        Taking care of gods
        3
        The ossified heart of the selfish man is closed against divine compassion.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. Luke
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        At her age the hyoid wings and body aren't yet ossified.
        Bones to Ashes
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        Not surprisingly, the membership has grown somewhat ossified over the decades.
        Ebony
        Usage of fossilised in inglés
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        Animals living in tropical areas tend to leave fewer fossilised remains behind.
        BBC
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        For amber is the fossilised resin of trees of the pine family.
        The Irish Times
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        Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters and fossilised merchandise crumbled underfoot.
        The Guardian
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        We're getting quite fossilised down here; Eve's gone and left us again.
        Saint's Progress
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        Trees once grew here too, giving the name to the fossilised forest.
        The South African
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        In principle, fossilised remains of the LCA might come to light any time.
        BBC
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        They lived during the Tertiary period, and are found fossilised in the Miocene.
        The Evolution of Man — Volume 2
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        Some of them have been waiting so long that the cobwebs have fossilised.
        The Atrocity Archives
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        She said it didn't have the chemical signature of fossilised life.
        News.com.au
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        Can rocks rich in fossilised microbes survive the bombardment from meteorites?
        The Guardian
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        The fossilised bones of a 325-million-year-old amphibian have been discovered in Co Clare.
        The Irish Times
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        Algae gathered around the rotting tree stumps which later became fossilised.
        The South African
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        He described the new species based on the fossilised bones of five partial skeletons.
        Radio NZ
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        The route includes a cave in Knysna, where fossilised family footprints can be seen.
        The South African
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        His photographs feel like a million moving parts that have been fossilised in time.
        The Irish Times
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        There are also many fossilised bones of bears, and claw marks on the wall.
        The Guardian
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