freezing out

verb

present participle of freeze out
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 Democratic Party’s nightmare scenario would involve both Republican candidates advancing to November’s general election, freezing out Democrats from the governor’s office for the first time since 2011. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 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
  1. excluding
  2. banning
  3. shutting out
  4. ruling out
  5. eliminating
  6. barring
Verb
  • If they were imported at the CM1e’s Chinese market price of $39,000, tariffs would drive the cost up to nearly $89,000, excluding the cost of Waymo’s autonomous driving hardware that likely exceeds $10,000.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The labor force participation rate, which influences the unemployment, is something to watch after reaching a 50-year low in June (excluding the Covid pandemic era).
    — Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of excluding
Verb
  • In addition to Medicare for All, his campaign centered on lowering prescription drug costs and banning corporate PAC money.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
  • On Tuesday local time, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order banning the construction of new large-scale data centers with a power capacity of 50 megawatts or more for up to one year.
    — , CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of banning
Verb
  • Orlando put a stop to a two-game losing streak in shutting out Chicago for the second time this season.
    — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026
  • And the Cup created new stars, like 40-year-old Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, who gained millions of Instagram followers after shutting out Spain.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
Definition of shutting out
Verb
  • Additional checkpoints may help identify gaps or inconsistencies, ruling out the bad actors.
    — John Bou, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • Additional observations steadily refined the asteroid's orbit, eliminating any possibility of a collision in 2029 and also ruling out any impact threat for at least the next century, according to NASA.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of ruling out
Verb
  • No small part was eliminating suspects who might want Bakley dead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Coming up next, the bridges will be finished with the end goal of putting all of the entering and exiting traffic of I-79 through a single intersection on the west side of the interstate, and eliminating the existing intersection on the east side.
    — John Shumway, CBS News, 30 July 2026
Definition of eliminating
Verb
  • The early Olympic movement reinforced those same attitudes by barring women from major track and field events altogether.
    — Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • In June, the city secured a preliminary injunction barring GLAZA from retaining or distributing the endowment after its operating agreement with the zoo expired last year.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of barring

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