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
Reports of blood on the floor of a meat market; roach, fly and cricket infestations; and moldy ice machines and coolers sum up August’s health inspection reports for the metroplex.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Kids can swim and snorkel in the tidal pools, and there's plenty of room to bring beach chairs and small coolers on the boat.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Also getting a Stop Sale was the white rice, which had been in a cooler for more than four hours, but still measured 73 degrees.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Inspectors cited the Sacramento pizzeria after discovering missing paper towels at the handwashing station near the walk-in cooler.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
Kids can swim and snorkel in the tidal pools, and there's plenty of room to bring beach chairs and small coolers on the boat.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
Also getting a Stop Sale was the white rice, which had been in a cooler for more than four hours, but still measured 73 degrees.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
Inspectors cited the Sacramento pizzeria after discovering missing paper towels at the handwashing station near the walk-in cooler.
—Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooler
Noun
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At Parchman, the state’s troubled penitentiary, corrections workers were urging their colleagues to sign up.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He is being held on $2 million bail, online jail records show.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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He was eventually sentenced to six years in jail for defrauding investors.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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My dad would always play documentaries about prison life and stuff that would come on Discovery ID or, every now and then, even national news segments.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Through the deal, prosecutors dropped the two murder charges — and shipped Henry, 26, off to prison for 10 years — in exchange for his plea.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooler. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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