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verb

past participle of freeze

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Recent Examples of frozen
Adjective
The probe flew by a frozen object named Arrokoth on New Year's Day 2019, returning images of the most distant world ever explored by a spacecraft. Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 The frozen custard shop also serves a variety of sundaes, splits and malts. Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
The planet has frozen north and south poles, like on Earth. Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025 Other samples were frozen, filtered or left as is, depending on the purpose. Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for frozen
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frozen
Adjective
  • Or will travelers stay stuck in the Instagram era?
    Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The difference between people who achieve their most important goals and those who stay stuck often isn’t talent, luck, or even opportunity.
    Big Think, Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Any liquid water on TRAPPIST-1 e would be accompanied by a greenhouse effect, which would involve various gases, especially carbon dioxide, keeping the atmosphere stable and the planet warm.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Your core muscles, back muscles, and balance may improve as your body works to remain stable against the extra weight.
    Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And these cars tend to be driven in fair weather, not on icy roads.
    Josh Max, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Just last year, scientists announced the news that New Horizons found the Kuiper Belt—a vast outer zone of hundreds of thousands of small, icy worlds beyond the orbit of Neptune—might extend much farther out than previously thought.
    Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite herself, Cali stiffened.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Lane picked up three on first down, but the Otay Ranch defense stiffened, turning back the next two runs for no gain.
    Kevin J. Farmer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Quantum sensors take over when signals are jammed or denied.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This comes after years of jammed negotiations over price and cost issues.
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The snug drawstring closure and four fixed buckles that attach to each chair leg help keep the cover from blowing away in the wind while keeping dirt and debris out.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Wobbling through space The Earth’s axis, which is an imaginary line running through the North and South Poles, is in constant motion, even though it is commonly depicted as a fixed line.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The fair also will feature two stages of music, an entertainment dome, mouthwatering festival food and plenty of cold beer.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a study, the team describes how cooling a gas of radioactive atoms to temperatures colder than deep space could synchronize their radioactive decay.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Credit spreads are at their tightest in about 20 years, meaning there is little difference in yields between corporate bonds compared to government bonds.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The project, created under tight deadlines and with hobby-grade parts, is now on track for wider military use.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Frozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frozen. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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