as in clam
a cold aloof person
my new boss is a cold turkey and definitely not one for chitchat
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Recent Examples of cold turkey
The step-by-step approach matters because going cold turkey rarely sticks.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
The food menu has salads and breakfast sandwiches, paninis and burritos ($11-$15), as well as a lone cold turkey club.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Pause Point Courtesy of Google Instead of going cold turkey and switching to a dumb phone, there's a new tool in Android 17 that’s designed to make your smartphone usage more intentional: Pause Point.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2026
For advertisers, going cold turkey on clicks means shifting strategy from traffic quantity to conversion quality.
—Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
The food menu has salads and breakfast sandwiches, paninis and burritos ($11-$15), as well as a lone cold turkey club.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2026
Pause Point Courtesy of Google Instead of going cold turkey and switching to a dumb phone, there's a new tool in Android 17 that’s designed to make your smartphone usage more intentional: Pause Point.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2026
For advertisers, going cold turkey on clicks means shifting strategy from traffic quantity to conversion quality.
—Ivan Doruda, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cold turkey
Noun
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This National Historic Landmark on the Freedom Trail is lauded for its quintessential New England seafood, from fresh oysters to classic clam chowder.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Kelsey passes around a bowl of clam shells with questions written on them as Liz gnaws on a corn on the cob.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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That impulse extends to dealing with occasional rude customers at her day gig, where the coworkers are nice but the boss, family-business heir Maxwell Sterling (Peter Serafinowicz), is one nasty cold fish.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
27 Nov. 2025
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Lancelot, still the Round Table’s greatest hero, is a bit of a cold fish with an unexpected role to play as the saga winds to its close.—
Elizabeth Hand,
Washington Post,
16 July 2024
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When trolling for pike the Griz goes with Rapala Rattlin Raps or floating Rapala stick baits when the weeds are higher.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
18 June 2026
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Her older brother, 9-year-old Charlie, climbs across the nearby jungle gym at a Prairie Village playground as her younger brother, 3-year-old Will, scrapes a stick through the mulch.—
Anna Spoerre,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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This $200,000 bad check appears to be just the tip of a massive financial iceberg.—
Alejandro Avila,
FOXNews.com,
17 June 2026
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But that’s just the tip of the next gen’s digital iceberg.—
Jill Kargman,
Architectural Digest,
16 June 2026
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“Cold turkey.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cold%20turkey. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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