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refrigerate

[ri-frij-uh-reyt] / rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪt /
VERB
chill, usually in storage
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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

As Flores held court in the driveway, he rolled up a pant leg to show a sore from his diabetes and said that on the streets he’d have nowhere to refrigerate his insulin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

Rinse and pat dry seafood and refrigerate until needed.

From Salon Mar. 14, 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

Pluralistic moralism simply makes their teeth chatter, it refrigerates the very heart within their breast.

From Pragmatism by William James

Currently, most vaccines need to be refrigerated or frozen - but around half are wasted each year, mainly because they become unusable after getting too hot or too cold.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

As firefighters continue to battle a stubborn and complex fire at a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights, residents and businesses owners have expressed frustration and health concerns as neighorhoods have been engulfed by smoke.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

I’m talking about cottage cheese, the curd-filled dairy product that sits alongside yogurt, butter and milk in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store.

From Salon May 24, 2026

“And for those items that are not refrigerated, stock up now, because the prices are just going to get higher.”

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

I turned around and ran back down the hall and into Daddy’s big refrigerated workroom.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles

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

So there’s no need to let food cool before refrigerating it.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2023

Also, there is now a reference to refrigerating the sauce.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2022

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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