cooling-off
adjective
cool·ing-off
ˈkü-liŋ-ˈȯf 
: designed to allow passions to cool or to permit negotiation between parties
a cooling-off period
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Reporters in Charlotte had gotten used to that lengthy cooling-off period after losses (although in the one-loss 2015 regular season, such waits were far less common).
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
After a cooling-off period which allowed both teams to compete in the Club World Cup, the negotiations continued in America.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 10 July 2025
With President Trump now situated in the Oval Office and Musk nowhere to be seen in the White House after a tumultuous few months leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the duo seem to be in something of a cooling-off period.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
That action triggers an automatic 10-day cooling-off period, which is required under state law.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Require 24-hour cooling-off periods before adding tools or processes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The August plan also didn’t have a cooling-off period, and Peizer started selling Ontrak stock the next trading day, bumping up the number of shares sold daily from 11,000 to 15,000.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 June 2025
But analysts caution there's a long road ahead during the 90-day cooling-off period.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
That prospect should be sufficient motivation for the world’s nuclear great powers to engage directly with one another in a joint assessment and cooling-off period.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 17 July 2025
After a cooling-off period which allowed both teams to compete in the Club World Cup, the negotiations continued in America.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 10 July 2025
With President Trump now situated in the Oval Office and Musk nowhere to be seen in the White House after a tumultuous few months leading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the duo seem to be in something of a cooling-off period.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 9 July 2025
That action triggers an automatic 10-day cooling-off period, which is required under state law.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
Require 24-hour cooling-off periods before adding tools or processes.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
The August plan also didn’t have a cooling-off period, and Peizer started selling Ontrak stock the next trading day, bumping up the number of shares sold daily from 11,000 to 15,000.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 June 2025
But analysts caution there's a long road ahead during the 90-day cooling-off period.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 May 2025
That prospect should be sufficient motivation for the world’s nuclear great powers to engage directly with one another in a joint assessment and cooling-off period.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Cooling-off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooling-off. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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