cooling-off

adjective

cool·​ing-off ˈkü-liŋ-ˈȯf How to pronounce cooling-off (audio)
: designed to allow passions to cool or to permit negotiation between parties
a cooling-off period

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That action triggers an automatic 10-day cooling-off period, which is required under state law. Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025 Require 24-hour cooling-off periods before adding tools or processes. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025 The August plan also didn’t have a cooling-off period, and Peizer started selling Ontrak stock the next trading day, bumping up the number of shares sold daily from 11,000 to 15,000. Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 June 2025 But analysts caution there's a long road ahead during the 90-day cooling-off period. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025 That prospect should be sufficient motivation for the world’s nuclear great powers to engage directly with one another in a joint assessment and cooling-off period. Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024 Investors may have welcomed the pause as a cooling-off signal, but economists are still cautious. Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 Every situation is different, of course, but the odds of EWG maintaining this pace without some sort of cooling-off period are low. Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2025 According to state law that impacts labor regulations, a 10-day cooling-off period was triggered, allowing both parties to engage in additional mediation sessions facilitated by the Bureau of Mediation Services. Julia Fomby, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1926, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cooling-off was in 1926

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“Cooling-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooling-off. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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