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  • noun Plural form of freeze.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of freeze.

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Examples

  • The designation freezes any assets or property he may have in U.S. jurisdictions and barring Americans from providing him with material support.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By CHRIS BRUMMITT 2011

  • Slow, staggering, and buggy multiplayer resulted in freezes and stutters that grew old rather fast.

    ARMY OF TWO: The 40th Day PS3 Review – Collider.com 2010

  • Martin freezes after he is slapped in the face by Lowery, but he hates himself for his cowardly reaction. (p. 13) Why does he react the way he does?

    London Calling by Edward Bloor: Questions 2006

  • The designation freezes Bermudez's assets in the United States and prohibits him from engaging in any financial transactions with any U.S. company or individual.

    USDOJ: Justice News 2010

  • The designation freezes any assets they may have in the United States and makes it illegal for Americans to engage in any transactions with them.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

  • If corporate and bank debt again freezes up and starts defaulting then Uncle Sam’s will come into favor big time.

    Matthew Yglesias » Budget Doom 2010

  • That’s a popular strategy for spending cuts: Both House Republicans and the administration are talking about long-term freezes on non-defense discretionary spending without giving specifics for where those cuts will be made in years two, three, four and five.

    How Grover Norquist makes the case for tax increases 2011

  • I only wish only just got “brain freezes” because I’m so sick of afib that I’m not swearing off ice cream as a treat — at least that’s the plan.

    Dr. Blog « BuzzMachine 2006

  • Cash terms freezes will reduce this, meaning that public sector expenditure can begin to rise (if that is what is wanted) sooner. stephen

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • By my calcs, it will take 8 years of real-terms freezes (i.e. inflation matching increases) for receipts to catch up to TME and get to a surplus.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

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