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: an iced drink usually with an alcoholic beverage as a base
Examples of cooler in a Sentence
The sodas are in the cooler.
plea-bargained to avoid spending time in the cooler
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Morning clouds give way to sunshine, breezy and cooler.
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Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
On Friday, the CPI came in cooler than expected .
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
The facility lacked a thermometer inside the under-counter refrigerator and sliding glass door cooler.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere in Broward County, robots already made their debut at Nova Southeastern University in Davie last April, where slightly shorter versions — picture chest coolers on six wheels — use DoorDash to pick up and drop off Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s exclusively to hungry students and faculty.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
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Suryatapa Chakraborty, Dallas Morning News, 15 Feb. 2026
On Friday, the CPI came in cooler than expected .
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
The facility lacked a thermometer inside the under-counter refrigerator and sliding glass door cooler.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
february 13, Sacbee.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Elsewhere in Broward County, robots already made their debut at Nova Southeastern University in Davie last April, where slightly shorter versions — picture chest coolers on six wheels — use DoorDash to pick up and drop off Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s exclusively to hungry students and faculty.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cooler
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooler. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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cooler
noun
cool·er
ˈkü-lər 
: a container for keeping food or drink cool
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