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 frozen out
Who and the songwriting duo behind all the classics — were completely frozen out and had to hopelessly watch from the sidelines.
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks were coming off a brutal six-game, 11-day road trip that concluded with them being frozen out of being able to fly to Brooklyn until hours before a 123-114 victory.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s been a point of friction between federal authorities and state investigators, who complain that they have been frozen out of those cases so far with no access to evidence.
—Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
That is not the case under a strong-mayor system, where councilmembers are frozen out of operational decisions and responsibility.
—Steven Falk, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
And businesses from Australian wine makers to Norwegian salmon farmers have been frozen out of the massive China market in recent years when their governments fell foul of Beijing.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Outcast Axel Disasi, who was frozen out like Sterling, at least gets a chance to play senior football again on loan at West Ham United, also until the summer.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Europeans have been struggling for a seat at the negotiating table, largely frozen out of talks between Washington and the Kremlin.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
Having been frozen out by Warner chief Zaslav, Paramount pitched itself to Warner's investors as the logical and more profitable choice — backed by far more cash up front than Netflix's offer.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
The Mavericks were coming off a brutal six-game, 11-day road trip that concluded with them being frozen out of being able to fly to Brooklyn until hours before a 123-114 victory.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
That’s been a point of friction between federal authorities and state investigators, who complain that they have been frozen out of those cases so far with no access to evidence.
—Steve Karnowski, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
That is not the case under a strong-mayor system, where councilmembers are frozen out of operational decisions and responsibility.
—Steven Falk, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
And businesses from Australian wine makers to Norwegian salmon farmers have been frozen out of the massive China market in recent years when their governments fell foul of Beijing.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Outcast Axel Disasi, who was frozen out like Sterling, at least gets a chance to play senior football again on loan at West Ham United, also until the summer.
—James McNicholas, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Europeans have been struggling for a seat at the negotiating table, largely frozen out of talks between Washington and the Kremlin.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
Having been frozen out by Warner chief Zaslav, Paramount pitched itself to Warner's investors as the logical and more profitable choice — backed by far more cash up front than Netflix's offer.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frozen out
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International films are quite frequently excluded from eligibility because they’re generally not written by WGA members who are under the guild’s collective bargaining agreement.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
8 Mar. 2026
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During their sophomore year of high school, Shelia and Rachel had grown closer, leaving Skylar feeling excluded.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Mar. 2026
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Trump eliminated that exemption last year, originally grounding the executive order in the same IEEPA authority the court just struck down.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Cabrera, acquired in a January trade with the Miami Marlins, gets a chance to continue honing his relationship with Miguel Amaya, who returned to camp Thursday after Team Panama was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Magoon Gwath, last year’s freshman and defensive player of the year, was shut out.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Mar. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with images taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out photographers from two subsequent news conferences.—
Scott Nover,
Washington Post,
11 Mar. 2026
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