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Recent Examples of stone-cold
Now, 30 years after its initial release, the song is a stone-cold ’90s country classic and has been a mainstay in Jackson’s concerts for the past three decades.
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Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2023
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 22 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stone-cold
Adverb
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During a 2021 cold snap in Texas, more than 12,100 turtles were cold-stunned.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
20 Mar. 2025
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For this 100 percent Cab Franc wine, the grapes are hand harvested and cold soaked for two days before inoculation with native yeast.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2024
Adverb
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This was the president of the United States’s defense of his national security adviser who’s embroiled in a humiliating, alarming, and downright unfathomable breach of security — and confidence.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
27 Mar. 2025
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Eddie Murphy made his mark on Hollywood by being not just funny but by being downright hilarious — as one of the first Black regular performers on Saturday Night Live and in '80s box-office hits like 48 Hours, Trading Places and Beverly Hills Cop.—
Jeremy Helligar,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Don’t sleep on those jelly sandals below, which are almost exact dupes of those exorbitantly expensive The Row flats that were absolutely everywhere (and somehow still impossible to find) last year.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2025
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Please be real: Feeding children and coddling emotional disorders is absolutely within the purview of the parents, not our tax dollars.—
Martin Potters,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Everyone had memories of fun (or just plain weird) interactions with Bill Murray.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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And some are just plain unlikable, like Logan Paul.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Stone-cold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone-cold. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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