cold front

noun

Definition of cold frontnext
as in chill

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Recent Examples of cold front Sunday could be soggy as well with a potential wave of low pressure developing along Saturday's cold front. — Steven Sosna, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 The associated cold front pushes farther south and east, carrying showers and thunderstorms with it. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 On the night before everything came to an end, a cold front dumped about an inch-and-a-half of rain on New York City. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Usually a cold front blows through a few days before the dove season opener. — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cold front
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold front
  1. chill
  2. cold wave
  3. coldness
  4. cold
  5. bite
  6. chilliness
  7. deep freeze
  8. freeze
Noun
  • The sudden sense of isolation and the threat represented by the low-Hz will send a chill up your spine.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
  • After six days, 57% of study participants who had VYD2311 injected into the muscle of their upper arm reported headaches, chills, fatigue or pain at the injection site — the typical side effects associated with vaccinations.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of chill
Noun
  • The region faced another brutal, 19-degree cold wave in January 1985 that again froze millions of orange trees on thousands of acres across Central Florida.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 June 2026
  • The impact of a cold wave is delayed but sustained.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of cold wave
Noun
  • The house was a metaphor for the coldness of a relationship that’s faded and atrophied.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The danger occurs if that ruthlessness veers into institutional coldness.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of coldness
Noun
  • Indigenous peoples who have lived in isolation have little immunity to common illnesses brought by outsiders, meaning even diseases such as a cold or flu could kill them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Nussbaum gathered her coat and stepped into the Cleveland cold.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of cold
Noun
  • Decadently delicious is the Champagne Bar, where Ruinart blanc de blancs gives way to Dom Pérignon as small bites from oysters with Champagne foam to potato purée with white truffle and egg yolk arrive before you.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Partita takes a poem that vibrates with political energy and domesticates it, sapping this very famous verse of its revolutionary bite.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of bite
Noun
  • Or that Penélope Cruz’s sultry chilliness would jibe with either her male counterparts or Wilde’s diary-of-a-mad-housewife interpretation of a brittle, eager-to-impress woman brimming with creative frustration.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2026
Definition of chilliness
Noun
  • Farmers are already looking at ways to protect future crops from another deep freeze.
    — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While the 2020 conflict plunged relations into a deep freeze, the relationship between the two sides has improved markedly over the past year.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of deep freeze
Noun
  • All these geopolitical variables put a partial freeze on energy dealmaking—potential sellers ask for more money on inflated valuations, while the buyers think longer term and conservatively.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Nothing in the papers uploaded to the court docket shows members of the administration pushing for a rent freeze.
    — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of freeze

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