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
When asked about decal placement, 40% of anglers affixed it to their boat, another 40% to their tackle box and 12% to a cooler.
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Multiple foods and ingredients were uncovered under the shelf close to the stand-up coolers, including raw chicken that was stored with beef and over raw pork.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
The frozen pops are produced at its Mobile, Al. headquarters and then shipped in coolers with dry ice across the country.
—Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The impact of reusable shipping coolers could be significant, research shows.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 2 May 2025
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 19 May 2025
Multiple foods and ingredients were uncovered under the shelf close to the stand-up coolers, including raw chicken that was stored with beef and over raw pork.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 16 May 2025
The frozen pops are produced at its Mobile, Al. headquarters and then shipped in coolers with dry ice across the country.
—Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
The impact of reusable shipping coolers could be significant, research shows.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooler
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooler
Noun
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The gallows, where 15 penitentiary inmates were executed by hanging, were no longer there.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Instead, Trump took a number of potshots at his sometime opponent during a Tuesday press conference, less than 48 hours after ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2025
Noun
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In that case, a man incarcerated in a local jail filed a complaint with CLERB alleging that deputies damaged his personal property and mishandled legal documents during a cell search.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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In a previous life, the tournament would have been the high point of his professional career, but languishing in a Qatari jail, Ibhais could not bear witnessing the four-week football extravaganza playing out in the Gulf nation.—
Samindra Kunti,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Noun
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He was convicted again about a decade later and sentenced to more time in prison.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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After a guilty plea, Brown faces up to 20 years in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooler. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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