as in excluded
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 froze out
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama froze out the media on Tuesday night, following a brutal Game 5 against the Oklahoma City Thunder that resulted in a 127-114 loss.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
That's because Beijing, the most important overseas market for the NBA, effectively froze out the NBA in 2019 following a fallout over protests in Hong Kong.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
That's because Beijing, the most important overseas market for the NBA, effectively froze out the NBA in 2019 following a fallout over protests in Hong Kong.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for froze out
Verb
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The electoral board has excluded Tigray and parts of Amhara due to ongoing conflict.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
31 May 2026
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Tigray has been excluded from federal representation for the last six years.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 May 2026
Verb
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On Monday, one of those policies suffered a blow when a court ruled that the military illegally banned transgender troops.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Cameras, livestreams and video recordings are also banned from inside the courtroom, and demonstrators must stay outside of a specific perimeter surrounding the courthouse.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Yearly case counts have generally been low since 2000, when the US declared measles eliminated thanks to a decades-long vaccination campaign.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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If no candidate wins an outright majority, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and their ballots are redistributed to those voters’ next-preferred choices.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The museum will also tell the story of other influential people with ties to the memorial, including Marian Anderson, a Black opera singer who performed a concert in 1939 on the Lincoln Memorial steps after being barred from singing at Constitution Hall.—
Mike Stunson,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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The order includes a $5 million penalty and an injunction that barred the company from making false statements to the agency.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Several Republican primaries are taking place Tuesday in South Dakota, where Democrats have been shut out of statewide office since 2015.—
Washington Post staff,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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But the mere prospect of Democrats being shut out of the November runoff was enough to guarantee such a scenario would never happen in this reliably blue state.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The staff are prohibited from name-dropping famous guests, but social media has it that Rita Ora, Lily Aldridge, and Cristiano Ronaldo have all checked into Amanzoe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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However, mini bikes, pocket bikes, electric dirt bikes, electric off-road scooters, electric ATVs and electric side-by-side off-road vehicles are prohibited everywhere in the city except on private property.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Verb
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The mechanical way in which it was produced ruled out any major variation, and yet there was always some difference.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
2 June 2026
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Yet another loan cannot be ruled out for either player, while decisions will be made on loans for academy-level players later in the summer.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Only victory on penalties for PSG against Arsenal in last Saturday's Champions League final prevented an English clean sweep after wins for Aston Villa and Palace in the Europa League and Europa Conference League.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Her calls for help procuring a Jell-O shot turned to asking for a ride home, because her medical conditions prevented her from walking home.—
Sean Joseph OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Froze out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/froze%20out. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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