as in penitentiary
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 cooler
For cats, use a large heavy storage bin, cardboard box or even a Styrofoam cooler.
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Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Cups from the team water cooler were strewn about the room.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
An accumulation of unused cardboard was stacked near the upright coolers, restroom door and on the retail shelving.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Joydeco Linen Insulating Blackout Curtains Something as simple as swapping your curtains can make a noticeable difference in your heating bill (and keep your home cooler in the summer, too).
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
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Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2026
Cups from the team water cooler were strewn about the room.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
An accumulation of unused cardboard was stacked near the upright coolers, restroom door and on the retail shelving.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
january 30, Sacbee.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Joydeco Linen Insulating Blackout Curtains Something as simple as swapping your curtains can make a noticeable difference in your heating bill (and keep your home cooler in the summer, too).
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for cooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooler
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, an 8-year-old in West Baltimore at the time of the murder, offers piercing commentary on the impact of both the initial crime and the succeeding one, the grievously unjust trial that put three kids in the penitentiary.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
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Central Time Wednesday following a lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Key Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Pablo Guanipa was arrested by heavily armed men on Sunday night, his supporters said, just hours after he had been released from a jail where he was held as a political prisoner.—
Diego Mendoza,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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His co-defendants received jail terms between 6¼ years and 10 years.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Given his age, the prison term still could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Hong Kong — Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, ending a years-long legal battle that has come to define Beijing’s transformational crackdown on the once-freewheeling financial hub.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooler. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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