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 Bass has also accused Raman of freezing out people in her own Hollywood Hills council district who disagree with her. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026 Pluto's atmosphere appears to be freezing out as the dwarf planet moves ever further away from the sun, according to careful observations of Pluto astronomers made as it was seen passing in front of stars in the sky. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Aug. 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
  • As a cause of death, hyperthermia often is diagnosed by excluding every other possibility, since body temperature at the time of death is not always available or knowable.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Focus Features has acquired the rest of the world (excluding Italy, Scandinavia, Portugal, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America) with Universal Pictures International set to handle international distribution for the studio.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of excluding
Verb
  • His campaign is focused on abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, banning data centers and providing green jobs.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Pakistan in recent years has taken a U-turn on cryptocurrency, opting to regulate digital assets instead of outright banning them.
    — Betsy Joles, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of banning
Verb
  • Building these new relationships to reduce European dependence on the United States would not mean shutting out Washington entirely.
    — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Giants were shutting out the Titans, 12-0, at the start of Sunday’s fourth quarter.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of shutting out
Verb
  • In forensic parlance, a diagnosis of exclusion is one reached by ruling out other plausible causes; drowning can be challenging to prove, because often there’s no telltale sign that one occurred.
    — Cristian Farias, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Additional checkpoints may help identify gaps or inconsistencies, ruling out the bad actors.
    — John Bou, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of ruling out
Verb
  • The players believe eliminating deferrals would suppress salaries.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The company sells generic and select brand-name prescriptions directly to consumers and health care providers, eliminating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) that tend to inflate retail drug prices.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of eliminating
Verb
  • But this year, OVS slashed its funding, forcing service reductions and uncertainty while barring the program from using grant money to help survivors across county lines.
    — Connie Neal, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • In 2010, Oklahoma voters approved a constitutional amendment barring courts from considering Sharia.
    — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of barring

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