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Recent Examples of coldly
The pair felt that their competitive careers had been coldly cut short.
—
Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
That focus on efficiency included a coldly logical approach to salary-cap management, and an update of the bruising defense that Belichick had pioneered with 49ers old rivals, the 1980s iteration of the New York Giants.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Where is my rice-bartering Angelina Keeley, my coldly strategic Genevieve Mushaluk, my financial analyst Emily Flippen, or my real-life Buffalo Bills fan Kyle?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
His cabinet, meanwhile, conspires to remove their own children from any ballot, before coldly decreeing that kids from the worst performing schools should be sent away with the 456.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Everyone needs to remember that on the issue of Taiwan, China is unlikely to act coldly and rationally if it is pushed into a corner.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
In our coldly transphobic present, Clean Slate feels like a warm cup of matcha.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
Another Paramount executive was shocked by how coldly the company dispensed with people who had worked there for decades.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
That focus on efficiency included a coldly logical approach to salary-cap management, and an update of the bruising defense that Belichick had pioneered with 49ers old rivals, the 1980s iteration of the New York Giants.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
Where is my rice-bartering Angelina Keeley, my coldly strategic Genevieve Mushaluk, my financial analyst Emily Flippen, or my real-life Buffalo Bills fan Kyle?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025
His cabinet, meanwhile, conspires to remove their own children from any ballot, before coldly decreeing that kids from the worst performing schools should be sent away with the 456.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
Advertisement Everyone needs to remember that on the issue of Taiwan, China is unlikely to act coldly and rationally if it is pushed into a corner.
—Kerry Brown, Time, 28 Nov. 2025
In our coldly transphobic present, Clean Slate feels like a warm cup of matcha.
—Michael Cuby, Them., 17 Nov. 2025
Another Paramount executive was shocked by how coldly the company dispensed with people who had worked there for decades.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
The film opens with a celebratory raid on an ICE facility to free detainees, and shows government agents coldly executing unarmed suspects and sending an undercover agent into a peaceful protest to throw a Molotov cocktail to justify increased force.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coldly
coolly
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This was not Robinson’s experience watching Honnold coolly climb Taipei 101.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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Really, Roxana is the most coolly observant survivor of them all.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Coldly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coldly. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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