Synonyms
Examples of freeze out in a Sentence
a housing market that effectively freezes out people of moderate means
Recent Examples on the Web
But such stories were frozen out in favor of cowboys-and-Indians yarns, and shifting audiences throughout the 20th century influenced what kinds of Native American narratives were elevated and suppressed.
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Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Moses Moody played tenacious on-ball defense on Lillard, freezing out Milwaukee’s offensive engine.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
Her case collided with perhaps the most pernicious flaw in the rollout: The new form froze out applicants who could not provide a social security number for themselves or their parent or caregiver, something that had not been an issue with the old form.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The impending winter storm has frozen out the Milwaukee Brewers and their fans.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Two members of the billionaire family that controls Rogers Communications Inc. are suing the company, saying they’ve been frozen out of board meetings and blocked from getting information, reigniting a bitter power struggle within one of Canada’s wealthiest clans.
—Derek Decloet, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
But South Africa’s stance on the war has hardly frozen out the country.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
But a deal would be a significant breakthrough for Boeing, which has been largely frozen out of the Chinese market in recent years.
—Thomas Black, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
Last year, many lost value when their investments in Russian assets became nearly worthless after most of the world froze out that nation’s economy following its invasion of Ukraine.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
Moses Moody played tenacious on-ball defense on Lillard, freezing out Milwaukee’s offensive engine.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
Her case collided with perhaps the most pernicious flaw in the rollout: The new form froze out applicants who could not provide a social security number for themselves or their parent or caregiver, something that had not been an issue with the old form.
—Zach Montague, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The impending winter storm has frozen out the Milwaukee Brewers and their fans.
—Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
Two members of the billionaire family that controls Rogers Communications Inc. are suing the company, saying they’ve been frozen out of board meetings and blocked from getting information, reigniting a bitter power struggle within one of Canada’s wealthiest clans.
—Derek Decloet, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2023
But South Africa’s stance on the war has hardly frozen out the country.
—David McKenzie, CNN, 19 Feb. 2023
But a deal would be a significant breakthrough for Boeing, which has been largely frozen out of the Chinese market in recent years.
—Thomas Black, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
Last year, many lost value when their investments in Russian assets became nearly worthless after most of the world froze out that nation’s economy following its invasion of Ukraine.
—Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above
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Legal Definition
freezeout
1 of 2 noun
freeze·out
ˈfrēz-ˌau̇t
: a corporate action (as a merger) taken by those in control of the corporation (as controlling shareholders or the board of directors) for the purpose of causing the minority shareholders to lose their equity in the corporation (as by the sale of their shares) compare squeezeout
freeze out
2 of 2 transitive verb
: to subject to a freezeout
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