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
These slightly larger versions of the existing The Tower 200 cases have room for up to a 360mm liquid cooler instead of just 120mm.
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John Burek, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
In the videos, Jabbar can be seen wearing a long, formal-looking coat and glasses, carrying a cooler on wheels and frequently looking at his phone.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
A day earlier, Baumgarten had visited the home to retrieve two coolers full of breast milk for the couple’s infant daughter.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
Around the same time, an egg cooler at a Trader Joe’s in Irvine was already nearly half empty after having just received a fresh shipment late that morning, one shopper said.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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John Burek, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
In the videos, Jabbar can be seen wearing a long, formal-looking coat and glasses, carrying a cooler on wheels and frequently looking at his phone.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025
A day earlier, Baumgarten had visited the home to retrieve two coolers full of breast milk for the couple’s infant daughter.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2025
Around the same time, an egg cooler at a Trader Joe’s in Irvine was already nearly half empty after having just received a fresh shipment late that morning, one shopper said.
—Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooler
Noun
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In 2015, Ulbricht was handed a life sentence for his involvement in the enterprise and is currently incarcerated at a high-security penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There is no criminal complaint, so nobody is at risk of jail time.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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The plea was made in a deal with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office that included no jail time or restitution but a three-year conditional discharge.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 and later sentenced to 14 years in prison.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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Mayers has pleaded not guilty to two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and is facing years in prison if convicted.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Cooler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooler. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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