as in excluding
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 freezing out
The incident demonstrates that freezing out a critical voice through administrative pressure constitutes an authoritarian suppression of dissent, with the blocking itself becoming more newsworthy and damaging to the administration than the governor’s original remarks would have been.
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George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Minnesota officials said on Thursday that the FBI is taking the lead on the investigation and freezing out state investigators.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Minnesota officials said on Thursday that the FBI is taking the lead on the investigation and freezing out state investigators.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freezing out
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Zillow’s affordability target price is based on house payments — excluding taxes and insurance and assuming a 20% down payment — that equal 30% of the local median income.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
3 Mar. 2026
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Pet owners can protect their pets by excluding cleaning products that contain harmful chemicals.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 Mar. 2026
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The court ruled Thursday that the state law banning Section 8 discrimination violates the Fourth Amendment.—
Tim McNicholas,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Policies requiring freshmen to live in dorms or banning children from campus can make going to college as a parent incredibly difficult and, at times, impossible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Mar. 2026
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But Australia has, thus far, not allowed a run in the round robin runs allowed tiebreaker, by virtue of shutting out Chinese Taipei to start the tournament.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Montverde junior midfielder Kendal Seays credited Strausbaugh and the defense for shutting out Cardinal Gibbons.—
Bill Kemp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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Trump is not ruling out the possibility of military strikes on Iran.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
27 Feb. 2026
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Smith for some time has dangled the prospect of running as an unconventional candidate against a field of career politicians, but there’s a big gap between not ruling out a run and actually doing it.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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The production process of these new materials is compatible with existing chemical production lines, eliminating the need to overhaul factories to adopt the new technology.—
Etiido Uko
March 08,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2026
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Orion never got to realize his dream of eliminating Lepus because Orion himself was done in by Zeus, the king of the gods of Mount Olympus.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
8 Mar. 2026
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That contract lapsed after then-President Joe Biden issued an executive order barring the Department of Justice from contracting with private prisons.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Statner says drinking this in smaller portions (and barring any major health concerns) once a day is fine.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Freezing out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freezing%20out. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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