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Recent Examples of unfreeze
The state has filed their own lawsuit against the Trump administration over the funding freeze, and a federal judge ordered the administration to unfreeze the funding on Friday.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In an earlier case, from January, a Rhode Island judge said, basically, that the Administration had ignored his order to unfreeze federal funds that the Administration had tried to stop from being disbursed.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
In that lawsuit, a different federal judge ordered the government to unfreeze federal grants, and after finding the administration had not abided by his directive, ordered compliance.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
The money had somehow gotten stuck, and the only way to unfreeze it was to send more.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In an earlier case, from January, a Rhode Island judge said, basically, that the Administration had ignored his order to unfreeze federal funds that the Administration had tried to stop from being disbursed.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2025
In that lawsuit, a different federal judge ordered the government to unfreeze federal grants, and after finding the administration had not abided by his directive, ordered compliance.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 25 Feb. 2025
The money had somehow gotten stuck, and the only way to unfreeze it was to send more.
—David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfreeze
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So the idea of Thwaites and West Antarctic being unstable are all predicated on the idea that the bed is thawed and that the ice can slide over its bed.—
Monica Sanders,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The frozen coats were carefully thawed in a water bath and gently separated.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
22 Apr. 2025
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Some tables were turned over, and others had just melted away.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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According to Merriam-Webster, several definitions of the word fusion apply to Lee Yohn’s concept: A union by or as if melting, such as a merging of diverse, distinct or separate elements into a unified whole.—
Shep Hyken,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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Why is Trump so obsessed with California water policy, especially an endangered fish called the delta smelt?—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2025
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Long before humans were able to smelt iron from natural ores, meteoric iron was used by people as a welcome alternative.—
David Bressan,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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