as in to harden
to become physically firm or solid
add antifreeze to the water in the radiator so it won't freeze and damage the engine
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as in cold
a weather condition marked by low temperatures
the Midwest will experience an intense freeze later in the week
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Recent Examples of freeze
Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
California officials responded defiantly Friday to an order from new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that could freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in public safety grants to sanctuary cities and states refusing to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025
Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2025
What the bureau might look like after the freeze is lifted is anyone’s guess.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The executive order comes as the Trump administration has already frozen almost all foreign assistance and made moves to dismantle USAID.
—Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
California officials responded defiantly Friday to an order from new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi that could freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in public safety grants to sanctuary cities and states refusing to cooperate with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
—Sharon Bernstein, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
But some departments lean more heavily on federal grant money and could take a hit if the federal funding freeze becomes permanent, Trent Tripple, the Ada County clerk, told the Idaho Statesman.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 12 Feb. 2025
What the bureau might look like after the freeze is lifted is anyone’s guess.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 12 Feb. 2025
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Teen Shauna is hardened by the brutal losses of winter, and adult Taissa responds differently to reminders of the wilderness with Van by her side.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
14 Feb. 2025
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My eyes were hardening around the edges, just like my heart.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
12 Feb. 2025
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Ink might rid you of any devil, but a bottle of Dr. Bull’s cough syrup will always rid you of any cold.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Always sanitize surfaces after exposure to raw meat, flooding damage, or after a cold has struck your household.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2025
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The affected areas turn white and then blue and may stiffen as they’re deprived of oxygen, Amanda Sammut, MD, the chief of rheumatology at Harlem Hospital and an assistant clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University, who has Raynaud’s herself, tells SELF.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2025
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Crime The biggest crime fight on the ballot is over Proposition 36, a measure that would stiffen penalties for some thefts and drug crimes and change parts of a controversial 2014 ballot measure that reduced several felonies to misdemeanors.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Oct. 2024
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“Freeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freeze. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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