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
How to digital detox Fisher warns that going cold turkey can be a jolt to the system.
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Tapering the use of these drugs rather than quitting cold turkey may be safest.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 May 2025
How Leaders Can Find Freedom Retirement shouldn’t be about just stopping everything cold turkey.
—Chad Willardson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
No matter the continued risk of withdrawal symptoms, medications like methadone for those who are pregnant are still safer than quitting illicit fentanyl cold turkey, according to Davidson.
—Kate Bolduan, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
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Rachel Hale, USA Today, 7 June 2025
Tapering the use of these drugs rather than quitting cold turkey may be safest.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 May 2025
How Leaders Can Find Freedom Retirement shouldn’t be about just stopping everything cold turkey.
—Chad Willardson, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
No matter the continued risk of withdrawal symptoms, medications like methadone for those who are pregnant are still safer than quitting illicit fentanyl cold turkey, according to Davidson.
—Kate Bolduan, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold turkey
Noun
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The tiny shrimp-like crustaceans quickly returned to the clam, suggesting a strong relationship with the host species.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Like previous-generation models, the charging case has a slide-open top, rather than open like a clam.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
29 Sep. 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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This emulsified mixture of garlic, olive oil and egg is a classic accompaniment to fish (especially cold fish).—
Domenica Marchetti,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2024
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While defending in front of the Minnesota net, an inadvertent high stick caught Eriksson Ek in the face.—
Jess Myers,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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His use of his stick has been better.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
19 Oct. 2025
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Off the coast of Antarctica, Endurance became trapped by drifting pack ice—giant icebergs that form in the fall and winter.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
7 Oct. 2025
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Writing is an iceberg sort of art form where only 10% of the work ends up on the page; the other 90% includes excavating each character’s backstory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Sep. 2025
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