freeze out

verb

Definition of freeze outnext
as in to exclude
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 Synonyms for freeze out
  1. exclude
  2. ban
  3. eliminate
  4. shut out
  5. bar
  6. prevent
  7. rule out
Verb
  • Therefore, as Thanksgiving fell on Nov. 28 this year, Thanksgiving viewership is excluded and December’s report will be a better source for data on holiday viewership patterns in 2024.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Trump's legal team had argued that various testimony in the hush-money case – such as that of former White House employees – and evidence – like statements made while Trump was president – violate the Supreme Court ruling that excludes official acts from prosecution.
    Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of exclude
Verb
  • The rule is narrower than what the FTC proposed in 2023 that would have broadly banned hidden and deceptive fees regardless of industry.
    Jody Godoy, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Lawmakers in 10 other states have introduced legislation to ban the dye in foods.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of ban
Verb
  • After Mexico were eliminated in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, De Luisa did not seek re-election.
    Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • President Joe Biden dared his Republican successor this week to eliminate his signature law bringing clean-energy manufacturing projects across the country, including GOP-leaning states and congressional districts.
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of eliminate
Verb
  • But the film’s poisonous reviews and disastrous box office all but torpedoed her Oscar hopes this year, and the film was shut out in Monday’s Globe nominations.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • North Carolina, a 21-time NCAA champion, is shut out for the second time this season.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of shut out
Verb
  • There is no proof Trudeau had to come to Florida to meet with Trump, nor that the president-elect was barred from entering Canada.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The civil lawsuit asks for the court to bar Carpenter from treating any other patients in Texas, as well as force her to pay at least $10,000 in damages.
    Alison Durkee, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of bar
Verb
  • From a young age we are taught to brush our teeth in the morning for fresh breath and before bed to prevent cavities.
    Lisa DeSantis, Glamour, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The rules were intended to prevent Social Security from overpaying people who worked in non-covered pension jobs, policy experts said.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of prevent
Verb
  • His lack of drawing skill, combined with his knowledge of what had been achieved in five hundred years of Western painting, seemed to rule out any attempt to paint on canvas in a traditional sense.
    Calvin Tomkins, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Neither team had the star power of Inter Miami, especially after Galaxy playmaker Riqui Puig was ruled out of the game with a torn anterior cruciate ligament sustained in the Western Conference final.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of rule out
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