frozen out

past participle of freeze out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of frozen out Although fines and suspended bans have been handed out to clubs, and some boys have been frozen out of the game for months until being cleared, few transfers have ever been banned by the five-step process. Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 About Premium Content has Country Spy, a light crime series about Marie-Line Maupain, a spy for the French secret service who is abruptly frozen out by her superiors and sent back to her home town. Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2026 Years of soaring home prices, especially in the early part of this decade when rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy, have left many would-be home buyers frozen out of the market. Alex Veiga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026 Years of soaring home prices, especially in the early part of this decade when rock-bottom mortgage rates fueled a buying frenzy, have left many would-be homebuyers frozen out of the market. Alex Veiga, Fortune, 9 July 2026 At 61/2, she was immediately branded a lesbian and frozen out. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026 Unions that back the wrong horse in a primary can get frozen out. Heather Merrick, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026 In the aftermath of 2020, Jones was stripped of a committee chairmanship and frozen out of Senate GOP leadership. Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026 Speaking of options, is there anything Democrats could do if they’re frozen out of the runoff? Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frozen out
Verb
  • The Oscars also excluded the actor from its own In Memoriam segment in March.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The appeal argues that determination is not supported by substantial evidence and that the city improperly excluded demolition of Red Rest from historical resource impact analysis.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • However, Heidi was eliminated during week 8 of the competition, while Charli and Mark won the series.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Viewer votes will be combined with judges’ scores to determine the pairs that will be eliminated and those that will continue on to next week’s show.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Meta supposedly favors Chinese resellers, because, without them, Meta would be shut out from billions in profits from the lucrative Chinese ad market, since its platforms are banned there.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Sofia has strong feelings about the ultra-rich looking out for themselves as the world teeters toward disaster, shutting out everyone else.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Frozen out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frozen%20out. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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