cold snap

noun

: a brief period of very cold weather

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For example, a store in Austin could stock festival outfits during SXSW, or a store in Chicago might promote warm beverages or winter accessories ahead of a cold snap. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025 An April cold snap is forecast for much of the eastern half of the U.S. early next week, forecasters said, with freezes likely across portions of the central and southern U.S. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025 The drop in shootings was bolstered by a five-day streak with no shooting victims that coincided with a brutal cold snap, officials said. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2025 Temperatures can rise to the 80s, then quickly plummet to freezing when an unexpected cold snap arrives. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cold snap

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“Cold snap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20snap. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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