as in clam
a cold aloof person
my new boss is a cold turkey and definitely not one for chitchat
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Recent Examples of cold turkey
Pause Point Courtesy of Google Instead of going cold turkey and switching to a dumb phone, there's a new tool in Android 17 that’s designed to make your smartphone usage more intentional: Pause Point.
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Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2026
For advertisers, going cold turkey on clicks means shifting strategy from traffic quantity to conversion quality.
—Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Why not go cold turkey on occasion and report economic statistics with no shading?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The months that followed LaFaro’s death, in which Evans disappeared from public life, alternately feeding his heroin addiction or going cold turkey in an attempt to kick it, constitute the movie’s principal timeline.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2026
For advertisers, going cold turkey on clicks means shifting strategy from traffic quantity to conversion quality.
—Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
Why not go cold turkey on occasion and report economic statistics with no shading?
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
The months that followed LaFaro’s death, in which Evans disappeared from public life, alternately feeding his heroin addiction or going cold turkey in an attempt to kick it, constitute the movie’s principal timeline.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold turkey
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Boston gets a lot of attention for its classics—lobster rolls, Boston cream pie, clam chowder.—
Todd Plummer,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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And speaking of lobster rolls, Perkins Cove’s Lobster Shack has some of the freshest around and is also known for its traditional clam chowder.—
Kira Turnbull,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
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That impulse extends to dealing with occasional rude customers at her day gig, where the coworkers are nice but the boss, family-business heir Maxwell Sterling (Peter Serafinowicz), is one nasty cold fish.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lancelot, still the Round Table’s greatest hero, is a bit of a cold fish with an unexpected role to play as the saga winds to its close.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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Video circulating online appeared to show members of the public confronting the attacker, including one person wielding a hurling stick.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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The winning play was prefaced by Raptors assistant Amar Batra drawing up a play for Baron, whom Edina had been guarding with a short-stick defender.—
Tris Wykes,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
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But there is an iceberg effect in play — that while these are the most visible, the mechanisms which facilitate top-level fixing are reliant on lower-level sports.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Like icebergs, the top portion of an ant hill is just the beginning, and ant hills can extend several feet beneath the soil surface.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 June 2026
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“Cold turkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20turkey. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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