stone-cold

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Recent Examples of stone-cold Now, 30 years after its initial release, the song is a stone-cold ’90s country classic and has been a mainstay in Jackson’s concerts for the past three decades. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stone-cold
Adverb
  • The trade itself, the act of ice harvesting, vanished, but the work of keeping things cold multiplied a hundredfold.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Like the wiggly jelly noodles in the spectacular jiang feng ($13), served cold.
    Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • While the enemies and level design, as well as the progression of the descending route is a clear inversion and iteration of the original, the second half of the game feels downright experimental.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • However, the payoff is a jaw-dropping, 360-degree view of Phoenix that feels downright cinematic.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Minasian absolutely could have answered that question.
    Sam Blum, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • In the case of this emerald green mini dress with a pleated faux-wrap silhouette, waist ties, and eyelet balloon sleeves, absolutely.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Forsaking the standard one-and-done episode anthology format, AHS proved that audiences would stick around for the long run, even if the plotlines got gorier, weirder, and sometimes just plain worse.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Journalists threw him all of the usual life rings after Saturday’s 3-1 defeat against Brighton — a lack of experience, damaging injuries, just plain bad luck.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Stone-cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone-cold. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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