freeze out

verb

Definition of freeze outnext
as in to exclude
to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means

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Recent Examples of freeze out At 61/2, she was immediately branded a lesbian and frozen out. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026 Unions that back the wrong horse in a primary can get frozen out. — Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026 In the aftermath of 2020, Jones was stripped of a committee chairmanship and frozen out of Senate GOP leadership. — Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026 At one time, Democratic leaders were worried that Hilton and Chad Bianco, the Republican sheriff of Riverside County, might finish 1-2 and freeze out Democrats. — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freeze out
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freeze out
  1. exclude
  2. ban
  3. eliminate
  4. shut out
  5. bar
  6. prevent
  7. rule out
Verb
  • The remaining argument, worth $36 billion by one count and a couple of state budgets by another, is about who licenses it, who is excluded from it, and who collects the tax.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
  • For the most part, that excludes animal fibers like leather and virgin cashmere.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of exclude
Verb
  • The Collective Bargaining Agreement banned two-a-days long ago.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid widespread drought.
    — Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of ban
Verb
  • Amendment 5 would direct the Legislature to gradually eliminate the individual income tax as state revenue grows.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Most recently, a district court judge in July reinstated a three-day grace period for voters to return mail ballots after election day, which GOP lawmakers had eliminated.
    — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • After Bay was shut out in each of its previous two matches, Bebar breathed life into the offense in the 13th minute, finding the upper corner from outside of the penalty area for her first professional goal.
    — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
  • If employers stop hiring job applicants who lack experience, those same individuals will be shut out from obtaining it.
    — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of shut out
Verb
  • Cracks became public last month, when an online petition started by Giovanni Galante, whose wife Grace Galante was killed, asked the 9/11 Memorial and Museum to consider barring Mamdani from the ceremony.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • An emerging deal with Oman, according to Iranian press, would reportedly bar US and Israeli ships from entering the Gulf.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of bar
Verb
  • Highs in the mid-90s are expected in the Spokane area, though smoke might block out enough warming sunlight to prevent temperatures from getting quite as hotas forecast.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The blacklist caused serious health problems, tore families apart, drove people to suicide, and prevented some potentially great films from ever being made.
    — John Bleasdale, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of prevent
Verb
  • Having no motor drive meant constant manual tracking, which rules out long-exposure astrophotography of nebulae or galaxies.
    — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Latty didn’t rule out the construction of an American warehouse to accomplish those goals, either.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of rule out

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“Freeze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze%20out. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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