as in jails
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 coolers
That’s where energy-efficient plug-in coolers and warmers come in.
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Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
There were no coolers flipped, no tablets thrown.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Igloo water coolers were provided at East Bay sites, and park workers were onsite checking conditions.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Distributors are scrambling for products to fill shelves and coolers once dominated by beer, seltzers, and ready-to-drink cocktails.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Just down the street from The Newport, The Mothership bar (and its food truck, Dooby Dogs) is still closed and cleaning up from water damage and a complete loss of its coolers, sound system, computers, kegs, merchandise and all of the product stored in its basement.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The parts were stored in coolers and commercial refrigerators and then sold nationally and internationally through a side business the pair operated.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
There were no coolers flipped, no tablets thrown.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Igloo water coolers were provided at East Bay sites, and park workers were onsite checking conditions.
—Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
Distributors are scrambling for products to fill shelves and coolers once dominated by beer, seltzers, and ready-to-drink cocktails.
—Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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.
—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
Just down the street from The Newport, The Mothership bar (and its food truck, Dooby Dogs) is still closed and cleaning up from water damage and a complete loss of its coolers, sound system, computers, kegs, merchandise and all of the product stored in its basement.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
The parts were stored in coolers and commercial refrigerators and then sold nationally and internationally through a side business the pair operated.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coolers
Noun
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More than 250 people have died while in the agency’s custody in county jails since 2006, a mortality rate significantly higher than in other large jail systems in the state.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025
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The agency investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Brown passed through courts and prisons like other people suffering mental health disorders, said Weaver, the Charlotte NAMI director.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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The facility, Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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“Coolers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coolers. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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