freeze
verb (used without object)
to become hardened into ice or into a solid body; change from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat.
has frozen
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present perfectof freeze (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The United States has frozen $344 million in cryptocurrency assets over ties to Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says, as Washington seeks to raise pressure on Tehran amid energy supply disruptions due to the war.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
“The bigger challenge is that uncertainty has frozen a lot of things.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
The chancellor has frozen the threshold at which student loans must be paid back from 2027-28.
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2025
The National Commission for the Missing has frozen work on the larger mass graves while it prepares a national, systematic search for the missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
She doesn’t look away from her page, but she doesn’t move either, as if the pounding has frozen her solid.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
