- present participle of cool.
cooling
Example Sentences
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That tells me bond-market volatility is cooling as investors become more comfortable with the current rate environment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Trax acknowledged "periods of elevated temperature" but said cooling systems were in place and insisted its approach "is not based on enforcing output targets".
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The preliminary earnings come as LG continues to expand into fast-growing businesses in the AI era, such as data-center cooling systems and robotics, while maintaining growth in its home-appliance and other core businesses despite challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
This primordial material existed for only a few millionths of a second before cooling rapidly, allowing quarks and gluons to combine into protons, neutrons, and other particles found throughout the universe today.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
While Stalingrad was burning, they were cooling their heels in the fragrant fields of the Russian steppes, surrounded by sagebrush and birdsong.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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