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refrigerate

[ri-frij-uh-rayt] / rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪt /
VERB
chill, usually in storage
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Businesses have shuttered, hospitals have had to turn to generators that have occasionally faltered, and residents have been scrambling to charge phones and refrigerate food.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

There have also been reports of people unable to refrigerate medication and a wheelchair user crawling down their stairs in the absence of working lifts.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

“LNG plants are very electricity-intensive because of the need to refrigerate and freeze the gas,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

Cover with plastic wrap, weigh it down with whatever jars you have in the pantry, and refrigerate for two days.

From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2025

Think of the electricity bill to refrigerate a 200,000-square-foot plant.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

He mentioned a machine that refrigerates and pumps ayran, a salty yogurt drink popular across Asia and Eastern Europe, which the group installed at an exhibition in Hanover, Germany.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022

She refrigerates half-consumed bottles, determined never to waste a drop.

From Washington Post ● May 18, 2022

To quell this thermodynamic threat, data centers overwhelmingly rely on air conditioning, a mechanical process that refrigerates the gaseous medium of air, so that it can displace or lift perilous heat away from computers.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 1, 2022

Pilapaña manages to concentrate guinea pig flavor after cooking and preparing a pate from the animal’s flesh, adds milk or cream and refrigerates the concoction until it has the rough consistency of ice cream.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2019

A profound reverence for a person at the same time inflames the soul and refrigerates the senses.

From The Friendships of Women by William Rounseville Alger

In his refrigerated warehouses, located right up against the border wall -- in an area through which dozens of trucks pass -- Mario Jauregui is fed up with "always playing the guessing game."

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

Working inside a refrigerated metal chamber, she carefully adjusts a mounted tumor, roughly the size of a pinkie fingernail, toward a sharp cutting blade.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Frozen and refrigerated goods, such as fresh produce, are most sensitive to price increases because diesel is typically used to power both cold storage and transportation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

That strength ends up spilling over, to some degree, to other truck modalities, such as refrigerated trucks and dry-van trucking, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026

We called it a cafetín ambulante, a small truck with compartments and shelves in the back, a refrigerated section, and a hot plate.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Higher fuel prices have increased the cost of transporting and refrigerating perishable foods.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2026

There’s something that just feels right about refrigerating eggs.

From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2025

Remove any spoiled or moldy berries before refrigerating.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2024

It specifically recommends refrigerating Dijon and horseradish mustard to preserve their distinct flavors.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023

To anyone who has seen a molecular biology lab on the television news, the racks of refrigerating tanks, whirling DNA extractors, and gene-sequencing machines in Pena's lab would look familiar.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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