as in penitentiary
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
plea-bargained to avoid spending time in the cooler
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Recent Examples of cooler
Cargo jeans are looking cooler and cooler for fall, so keep scrolling to shop more options inspired by Mindy Kaling now.
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Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Egg noodles were improperly cooling in a deep container with a lid in the walk-in cooler.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Reach-in cooler that holds fruit has an accumulation of soil.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
But the main rodent restroom seemed to be under a cooler on the cookline, where more than 10 droppings were left.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
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Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025
Egg noodles were improperly cooling in a deep container with a lid in the walk-in cooler.
—Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Reach-in cooler that holds fruit has an accumulation of soil.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Sep. 2025
But the main rodent restroom seemed to be under a cooler on the cookline, where more than 10 droppings were left.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooler
Noun
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In 2005, the penitentiary was downgraded to medium security, and its name changed to the Federal Correctional Institution.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
17 Sep. 2025
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Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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That included branding civil rights advocacy and speech defamatory, a breach of the peace, or hate speech, and hauling activists into courts and jails.—
Time,
Time,
29 Sep. 2025
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He is being held without bail at the El Dorado County jail, records show.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The story would feature voluminous evidence, including Salvadoran intelligence reports, government documents and even prison logs recording the visits of Luna and other Bukele aides to MS-13 leaders.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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Both Menendez brothers remain in prison after having been denied parole in August of this year, and, in September, a judge denied their petition for a new trial.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooler. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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