unfreeze

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Recent Examples of unfreeze Days after signing the grant contract, KSUT received a stop-work order after FEMA halted spending, which CPB unsuccessfully sued to unfreeze. Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 That does not include presidential pressure on educational institutions, including Columbia University, which paid a $221 million fine to settle the federal government’s claims against it and unfreeze federal funding. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025 Beshear joined a lawsuit in his official capacity, alongside numerous other states, to unfreeze the funding, which was appropriated by Congress in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law of 2021. Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 13 Aug. 2025 Advertisement The Kremlin also asked for the lifting of Western sanctions, protection for Russian speakers in Ukraine, and a resolution to unfreeze the $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets that are currently being held in Europe, Reuters reports. Solcyré Burga, Time, 10 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unfreeze
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Verb
  • Officials expect that number to rise following the winter season, which typically makes road damage worse due to freezing and thawing cycles.
    Ross DiMattei, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The frosty relationship between the two organizations has thawed a bit with former NBA executive Chus Bueno taking over as EuroLeague CEO earlier this year.
    Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • This year’s hard freeze that melted most of our daffodils also took the edge off many of the Bradford pear blooms, muting the usual burst of white flowers across the landscape.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Ninety percent of the state's snowpack melted from January to March, according to an Arizona State University and Salt River Project survey.
    Sarah Henry, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026

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“Unfreeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfreeze. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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