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cool

[kool] / kul /




VERB
reduce temperature, chill down
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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Although adding milk can cool drinks down slightly, a milky tea or coffee may still be far too hot, researchers say.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

A little over a half-decade later, the onetime crucible of downtown cool sold for more than $2 billion to the parent company of Vans and North Face; the brand equity that “Cherry” contributed was incalculable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026

The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park - which has long been a popular place to cool down in hot weather - has been kept dry all summer due to a technical fault.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Although there is little scientific evidence, it's said the technique also results in a colder, denser product that will cool rather than dilute a cocktail.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The sound of a cloth being ripped, cool water on my head, the smell of comfrey.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Even meteorologists estimating cooling demand gains over the holiday weekend acknowledge cooler weather in the 11-15 day window, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

On Thursday, dry and bright weather across the southern half of England and Wales with push temperatures widely into the mid-20s Celsius, whilst wetter weather further north will keep most places a few degrees cooler.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

These aren’t even movies that you’d bring to the water cooler, lest you want a conversation with a coworker to fall flat after 10 seconds.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

The contradiction between a relatively warm early Earth and a cooler, dimmer Sun is known as the Faint Young Sun paradox.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 2, 2026

The cool wood felt good beneath his bare feet, so he continued downstairs, thinking the even cooler kitchen tile would feel that much better.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

"Radial glia are the coolest cells that have ever existed," said Aparna Bhaduri, an assistant professor of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sometimes the managers who have your back, more than the ones who are fun to hang out with, are the coolest bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Among the more popular indicators monitored by Wall Street’s technical strategists, the “Hindenburg Omen” definitely has the coolest name.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

Twenty-three runners from seven countries took part in races at the Arctic's geographic North Pole, organisers have said, in an event they dubbed as the "world's coolest marathon".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Nokomis made her bed at the farthest end of the loft, where it was coolest.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

The advice is to wait a few minutes before drinking so the beverage cools to a safer temperature.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Faraday Future’s trajectory mirrors Tesla’s — they’re both tech-focused EV companies that are transitioning to AI and robotics as the EV market cools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Pop Mart’s Hong Kong-listed stock has declined nearly 20% so far this year as consumer enthusiasm for its Labubu dolls cools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

While this supports economic activity, if and when the rally cools, households will be obliged to save more.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Violet doesn’t care what color it is, so long as under their chins that avenue of no-question-about-it satin cools their lava forever.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

But the one part of the market that has cooled are so-called momentum stocks, whose precise definitions vary but basically are bets that fast-rising stocks will continue to gain ground.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Cutting back on water use usually means more power as the liquid in those sealed pipes still has to be cooled down somehow, usually by blowing air over it -- and that takes electricity.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

The weather in the UK may now have cooled, and passengers may soon forget their experiences.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Why have once-hot topics, like boosting advertising in Black-owned media, cooled?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The air had cooled in a matter of seconds.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Scientists increasingly believe the loss of that cooling effect is slightly speeding up global warming.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Another thing that’s changed is investors cooling on the AI “hyperscalers” as they issue enormous amounts of debt and equity to fund their data-center build-out.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

"This is significant because hotter weather creates more demand for power for cooling systems, driving higher electricity consumption, especially in Asia," which is home to major LNG importers China, India and Japan.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

The centers require intense cooling, which often demands high water and power use and creates the potential to affect the environment and to pass on utility costs to consumers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

The emergency response team, frantically running down scenarios on all six reactors, hadn’t gotten the news that the cooling system in unit 1 was down.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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