water cooler
Example Sentences
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Standing awkwardly on the outside of someone else’s water cooler.
From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026
Word has spread on Wall Street around the water cooler and during after-work drinks with friends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025
“You can get talented people, but the water cooler effect is gone.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024
For nearly 14 years, an online message board called Memegen has served as a virtual water cooler for Google employees.
From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2024
He filled a glass at the water cooler to water his beans.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
