unfreeze

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Recent Examples of unfreeze Education funding: Ten Republican senators signed a letter addressed to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), urging the Trump administration to unfreeze over $6 billion in federal funding for education programs. Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025 House Republicans cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday night to unlock consideration of a trio of cryptocurrency bills, unfreezing the floor after a two-day saga, The Hill’s Mychael Schnell and Julia Shapero report. Kristina Karisch, The Hill, 17 July 2025 Within 48 hours, the Trump administration had unfrozen more than a billion dollars for critical after-school and summer education programming nationwide, a senior administration official told ABC News. Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 21 July 2025 One of Congress's top budget makers, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said on July 18 that the White House committed to unfreeze the funding. Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 18 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfreeze
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfreeze
Verb
  • Thaw it in the refrigerator before using, noting that the texture may change slightly after thawing.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
  • Instead of thawing frozen raw shrimp in the refrigerator or at least under running cold water, the restaurant left the shrimp in standing water in the three-compartment sink.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 21 July 2025
Verb
  • The ice packs had long melted, but the cans of soda were pretty dang refreshing.
    Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But at last the snow melted, and the world finally started to feel solid beneath his feet.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The ore, extracted and crushed, is further processed, shipped, smelted in a blast furnace, transformed into steel, then taken to assembly lines, where it is shaped into appliances and automobiles.
    Tim Gruber, New York Times, 18 May 2025
  • Most virgin steel requires a blast furnace that uses coal to smelt iron ore into iron.
    Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 12 May 2025

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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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