cool
adjective
moderately cold; neither warm nor cold.
has been cooling
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present perfect progressiveof cool (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Far above the ground, the upper atmosphere has been cooling significantly for decades.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Brazil’s 12-month inflation rate has been cooling, but at a 3.81% pace in February, it is still above the midpoint of the central bank’s range of 3% with a 1.5 percentage point tolerance range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
But the jobs market has been cooling, while businesses find themselves squeezed by higher import costs.
From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025
Furthermore, while the labor market has been cooling, recent signs point to companies that feel the time has come to “right-size” headcount after hoarding labor in the wake of the pandemic, Samana said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2025
Though Death has been cooling his heels at my door these three weeks, I have not had time to see him.
From Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson by Robert Louis Stevenson
