as in hardens
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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Recent Examples of freezes
Stop watering when the ground freezes and restart the watering routine in spring once garlic starts to sprout.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Emails included in the lawsuit between Zuckerberg and the company's tech support team date back to May 2020, in which similar account freezes from 2017 are mentioned.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
As La’an calls for the Enterprise to beam them up, time freezes, and the strange sparkly thing takes humanoid form.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Often when this scam starts with a pop-up on your computer, your computer screen freezes.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Liposuction surgically removes fat cells, while cryolipolysis freezes and destroys them.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has proposed cutting the 2026 budget by around 44 billion euros ($51 billion) via measures including public spending cuts and freezes on pensions, welfare and tax brackets, as well as reducing the number of public holidays .
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
In service of that goal, the government has abandoned due process in favor of media warfare, preemptive declarations of guilt and freezes on billions in critical federal funding.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
Meta freezes hiring for AI teams Meta is freezing its recruitment of artificial intelligence researchers and restructuring its AI team, an apparent setback after months of spending huge sums on big name hires.
—Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Emails included in the lawsuit between Zuckerberg and the company's tech support team date back to May 2020, in which similar account freezes from 2017 are mentioned.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025
As La’an calls for the Enterprise to beam them up, time freezes, and the strange sparkly thing takes humanoid form.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Often when this scam starts with a pop-up on your computer, your computer screen freezes.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Liposuction surgically removes fat cells, while cryolipolysis freezes and destroys them.
—Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025
Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has proposed cutting the 2026 budget by around 44 billion euros ($51 billion) via measures including public spending cuts and freezes on pensions, welfare and tax brackets, as well as reducing the number of public holidays .
—Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2025
In service of that goal, the government has abandoned due process in favor of media warfare, preemptive declarations of guilt and freezes on billions in critical federal funding.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
Meta freezes hiring for AI teams Meta is freezing its recruitment of artificial intelligence researchers and restructuring its AI team, an apparent setback after months of spending huge sums on big name hires.
—Semafor Staff, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freezes
hardens
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Uniting Prevention and Detection Traditional cybersecurity strategies often treat prevention and detection as separate undertakings—one team hardens systems to repel threats, while another prepares to identify and respond to breaches that slip through the cracks.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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Another approach involves injecting the material directly into the deficit, in the form of a gel that subsequently hardens into a solid.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Freezes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freezes. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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