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as in stuck
firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge
the car door was frozen ever since an accident had damaged the hinge
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2
as in stable
having been established and usually not subject to change
pay rates will remain frozen until the company does better financially
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as in icy
lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
responded to my greeting only with a frozen "hello"
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as in stiffened
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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Recent Examples of frozen
Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Harvard's negotiations over more than $2 billion dollars in frozen federal funding are stuck in the courts, but McMahon said that discussions are ongoing concurrently.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 24 July 2025
Slurpee history 7-Eleven licensed the frozen drink in 1965 from Omar Knedlik, who founded what became the Icee company.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Alaska An aerial view of the Dalton Highway and a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) crossing over the frozen Atigun River during the early morning hours of May 9, 2025 about 22 miles north of Atigun Pass in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025
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Columbia University will pay a $200 million fine in hopes of restoring hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen funding.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Harvard's negotiations over more than $2 billion dollars in frozen federal funding are stuck in the courts, but McMahon said that discussions are ongoing concurrently.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 24 July 2025
Slurpee history 7-Eleven licensed the frozen drink in 1965 from Omar Knedlik, who founded what became the Icee company.
—Mike Snider, USA Today, 12 July 2025
Alaska An aerial view of the Dalton Highway and a portion of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) crossing over the frozen Atigun River during the early morning hours of May 9, 2025 about 22 miles north of Atigun Pass in North Slope Borough, Alaska.
—Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frozen
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This stood in sharp contrast to the postwar American corporate experience, which operated within stable, predictable structures.—
Gabriel Snyder,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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An East Chicago man shot by police Tuesday evening is in stable condition, according to his uncle, who says witnesses to the shooting claim his nephew didn’t start the issue.—
Michelle L. Quinn,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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Gelato is very similar to ice cream, but only relies on milk instead of heavy cream for a slightly lighter, icier texture than traditional homemade ice cream.—
Erin Hooker,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 June 2025
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Stock tip: Migrate to icier territories… Aston Villa 6/1 Last five results: WLWWW A two-goal deficit to overcome in the Champions League quarter-final return leg against Paris Saint-Germain next week likely spells the end of Villa’s European aspirations.—
Brett Koremenos,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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These new findings show that biological aging is not a fixed trajectory and opens up new avenues for aging research and epigenetic interventions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
30 July 2025
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Much of the series orbits around the upper echelons of American society during a fixed moment in time, where the United States and key families were both experiencing economic wins and losses in the 1880s.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
29 July 2025
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In terms of coffee, try the banana bread cold brew latte, which contains banana, cookie butter and cinnamon cold brew with banana cold foam on top for $6. 5.—
Molly Gregory,
The Courier-Journal,
29 July 2025
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The data from deaths due to cold weather are even more sobering.—
Cory Franklin,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
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As the flight finally landed, the pilot asked passengers to let anyone who had a tight connection exit the plane first.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Jarrett Stidham fired a tight pass in the end zone to Franklin, who shook his defender with a crisp slant route.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Building around these unchanging customer desires has driven Amazon's phenomenal success.—
Manjot Pal,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by physicists and mathematicians, the theory assumed the universe was static – unchanging, unmoving and immutable.—
Rob Coyne,
Space.com,
13 July 2025
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The frigid air whips past their long tails, but the leopards are unbothered as their body is perfectly adapted to the harsh environment.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
31 July 2025
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So maybe this only lasts the week before their lives pull them in different directions — him to the frigid north, her to sunny Malibu.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
31 July 2025
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March 27 is an opportunity to dissolve barriers between the heart and the soul, and to soften the edges where hurt has hardened us.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
20 Mar. 2025
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The company doesn't say if the glass is hardened against breakage like Gorilla Glass.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Frozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frozen. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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