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cool

[kool] / kul /




VERB
reduce temperature, chill down
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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A cool number in Wednesday’s release of the July consumer-price index would relieve pressure on both Warsh personally and a policy committee weighing whether it has misread the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

“We call it a beauty mist, but it’s used Ayurvedically to cool down the body,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

A nuclear plant in northern France shut down three reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged pumps used to cool the units, energy group EDF said on Tuesday.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

"It's so cool when it's something you've dreamed of doing since you were eight years old - and suddenly you're there," Shaw told BBC Sport.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

“In theory we should let this sit and cool off first, but I don’t think we’re wrong to taste test them now, don’t you agree?”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

For DeBusschere, that scenario is important because a cooler labor market can provide the economy with more room to grow before inflation becomes a problem.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Other spots closer to the coast were much cooler Saturday, with San Diego International Airport seeing a high of 81; Los Angeles International Airport, 79; and Santa Barbara, 78.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

It will be cooler in Scotland and Northern Ireland at 17 to 21C with more cloud, a bit of rain and a blustery wind.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

U.S. stocks jumped after the July jobs report came in much cooler than expected, with the U.S. economy losing 23,000 jobs last month.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

The air was cooler in the shadow of the black-roofed huts, a pleasant breeze rolling off Lake Michigan.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

He’d been a regular on “Hollywood Squares,” a frequent guest on “The Tonight Show,” and — most influentially — one of the decade’s coolest make-believe cops.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2026

What’s the coolest thing at home in Brooklyn?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

This might well be the hottest summer of your lifetime, and also might be the coolest summer of the rest of your life.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

"The coolest thing about opening a GTA game case is the unboxing/opening experience," he posted, external.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

But mostly I feel sorry for myself, because the coolest thing about it was my room.

From "Liar & Spy" by Rebecca Stead

Brazil’s central bank cut interest rates for the fourth consecutive time as inflation cools and still-elevated borrowing costs weigh on the economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The soy sauce deepens it; the bacon crackles; the avocado cools everything down.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

As the air rises, it cools and the water vapour condenses into a cloud.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The rising air cools and becomes a "fire cloud": a turbulent mass that can generate its own winds that worsen fires.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

“They’re warm. And I’ve built the fire up again. I’m boiling some milk, and when it cools a little, I think you should drink it.”

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Until now, identifying those differences has generally required complex equipment, detectors cooled to extremely low temperatures, and millions of individual measurements.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

However, firefighters were able to gain ground as temperatures cooled into the evening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Most cymbals are made of a copper and tin alloy that is melted into molten bronze which is poured into moulds and cooled into disc-shaped blanks.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

When the burn or scald has cooled, lay cling film over it, if possible.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

She passes me the bowl of milks and a whisk, then goes to grab the cooled cake from the wire rack next to the stove.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

In the meantime, Aria Krylova, who’s worked at Anima Mundi for several years, put out the store’s top cooling agents for me to try.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Persistent high-pressure systems trapped heat over the region, she said, while dry soils reduced the ability to provide natural cooling.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

For fiscal 2027, Microsoft committed $169 billion in purchase agreements for chips, power contracts, cooling systems and other AI infrastructure needs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 10, 2026

Similar materials might one day carry fragile quantum information inside quantum computers without requiring enormous cooling systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

Like languages, like landscapes, like the slowly cooling cosmos, perhaps the animals and plants had descended from earlier forms through a process of gradual, continuous change.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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