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Which actor was nicknamed "The King of Cool"?

cool

[kool] / kul /




VERB
reduce temperature, chill down
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK




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How could it be that the elf in a button-down shirt now looked like someone’s cool bisexual cousin!

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Williams says Sir Gary Oldman is a "pretty cool dude"

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Joshua Tree is home to multiple climate refugia: higher-elevation areas that are expected to remain cool enough to support Joshua trees even as much of their range becomes too hot and dry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Raising interest rates tends to cool inflation but can also limit economic activity, which can affect the job market.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The lower three quarters of the windows had been papered over, so the restaurant was dim and cool.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Mark Zuckerberg was superglued into those Brunello Cucinelli gray T-shirts until he started wearing oversize Amiri tees in an effort to seem cooler.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Treasury yields had a “knee-jerk” reaction lower after Friday’s employment report showed the pace of jobs growth was cooler than economists expected.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

U.S. stocks rose after the September jobs report came in cooler than expected, and as investors bet that the Fed won’t be forced to raise rates as aggressively as previously feared.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

It has already built up vast renewable energy capacity - wind and solar - in these regions, land is cheaper and the weather cooler, so there is less demand for water.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

It was a different sensation; whereas the jungle’s dirt had been warm and inviting, the stable's was cooler and distinctly less animate.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

“I hadn’t even stepped inside, but I could feel it—this place was different, and genuinely one of the coolest houses I had ever seen,” he writes.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

"Radial glia are the coolest cells that have ever existed," said Aparna Bhaduri, an assistant professor of biological chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

“Definitely the coolest sound healing experience I’ve been to,” said Kenny Mayo, 35, after the sound bath.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Sometimes the managers who have your back, more than the ones who are fun to hang out with, are the coolest bosses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The costume room backstage in the playhouse is the coolest thing ever.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

As that molten mantle gradually cools, the first rocks to solidify contain relatively little silicon dioxide.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

As it rises, it expands and cools, allowing the moisture it carries to condense, forming large clouds.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Faraday Future’s trajectory mirrors Tesla’s — they’re both tech-focused EV companies that are transitioning to AI and robotics as the EV market cools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The artificial-intelligence data-center build-out is boosting copper demand just as supply tightens — a combination that could keep pushing the metal higher, even if the debasement trade cools.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The glass cools one side of my overheated face.

From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher

With the temperature around 90 degrees Fahrenheit, an NGC2 smartphone issued to a Wall Street Journal reporter who attended the drills overheated, rendering it unusable until it cooled down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

That second observation provided another important confirmation that Roman was pointing where scientists expected and that the coronagraph could detect multiple stars once its detectors were cooled for greater sensitivity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

CNN reports that “relations between Patel and Bailey had quickly cooled shortly after his arrival at the agency last year.”

From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2026

On Monday, traders in derivative markets had raised their odds of a October rate hike as high as 70%, before they cooled to 60% on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

The big metal pots sat on the counter covered with muslin cloth to keep the bugs off while it cooled.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

They proposed that several factors could help stabilize the structure, including small amounts of carbon and other elements, the rapid cooling of molten material created during an impact, and protection from the surrounding glassy matrix.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

However, tropical moisture is expected to enter the area by next weekend, which could lead to some cooling, according to the weather service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Its landmark cooling towers came down a few years later and defuelling of the nuclear reactors was completed in 2013.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Hot September weather and below-average inventory injections have supported prices, although cooling demand is seen tapering off sharply into the fall.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

On a rock in the middle of the stream sat Fflewddur, cooling his bare feet in the water.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander




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