- present participle of cool.
Example Sentences
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"Cooling rate and time at elevated temperature can alter chemical speciation and particle formation."
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
Cooling infrastructure — water rights, supply chains for chillers and heat exchangers — has become a project-level constraint.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Cooling measures in healthcare facilities, care homes and schools are called for - from air conditioning to using shutters and blinds and tree-planting to provide shade.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
Cooling towers were also the culprit in a large Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City last year, which was linked to 114 cases, 90 hospitalizations and seven deaths.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
On May 9, 1893, he got out another of his postcards and addressed it to a man named W. F. Cooling, in the Staats-Zeitung Building.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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