freeze out
Example Sentences
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Governments meddle in markets for all kinds of reasons — to prevent job losses, spur investments into a particular sector or freeze out a geopolitical rival.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2024
In contrast to Earth’s atmosphere, where water freezes at low temperatures, in gaseous planets reaching temperatures around 1000 degrees Celsius, silicate particles can freeze out to form clouds.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2023
There are many ways to answer that, starting with Rhaenyra's choice to abruptly freeze out Alicent after her father announced he would marry her.
From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022
As you lower the temperature, that same protein can freeze out and crystallize into a vast number of “ground states,” or configurations, each subtly different from the others.
From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2021
“Come in before you freeze out there! I’ll buy you a drink!”
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.