as in cooled
to become still and orderly
settle down and get to work, please
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Verb
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Within the two hours, items must be cooled from 135 degrees to 70 degrees, then 70 to 41 degrees within 4 hours.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
1 Apr. 2026 -
Fresh funding included $110 million from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, though Bloomberg reports that demand for OpenAI's shares on the secondary market have cooled in favor of rival Anthropic.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
1 Apr. 2026
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The keys are satisfying to type on and impressively hushed without feeling mushy.—
Aubrey Jowers,
PC Magazine,
31 Mar. 2026
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What could have been a straightforward suburban critique is instead closer to a rich, deep baroque painting capturing longing, power, and hushed domestic drama.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Settled (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/settled%20%28down%29. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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