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refrigerate

[ri-frij-uh-reyt] / rɪˈfrɪdʒ əˌreɪt /
VERB
chill, usually in storage
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“Because lithium-ion needs to actively cool, you’re basically paying to refrigerate your batteries or using energy to refrigerate your batteries, and we don’t need any of that stuff,” said Mossburg.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

“LNG plants are very electricity-intensive because of the need to refrigerate and freeze the gas,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

As Flores held court in the driveway, he rolled up a pant leg to show a sore from his diabetes and said that on the streets he’d have nowhere to refrigerate his insulin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2025

Allow cake to come to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate overnight.

From Salon Nov. 25, 2024

Think of the electricity bill to refrigerate a 200,000-square-foot plant.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

He mentioned a machine that refrigerates and pumps ayran, a salty yogurt drink popular across Asia and Eastern Europe, which the group installed at an exhibition in Hanover, Germany.

From New York Times Sep. 22, 2022

She refrigerates half-consumed bottles, determined never to waste a drop.

From Washington Post May 18, 2022

To quell this thermodynamic threat, data centers overwhelmingly rely on air conditioning, a mechanical process that refrigerates the gaseous medium of air, so that it can displace or lift perilous heat away from computers.

From Scientific American Mar. 1, 2022

Pilapaña manages to concentrate guinea pig flavor after cooking and preparing a pate from the animal’s flesh, adds milk or cream and refrigerates the concoction until it has the rough consistency of ice cream.

From Washington Times Oct. 4, 2019

A profound reverence for a person at the same time inflames the soul and refrigerates the senses.

From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville

Each new shipment of sod that arrived in refrigerated trucks costs about $250,000 — and teams likely would have to replace that sod at least once during an NFL season.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

I’m talking about cottage cheese, the curd-filled dairy product that sits alongside yogurt, butter and milk in the refrigerated section of your local grocery store.

From Salon May 24, 2026

“And for those items that are not refrigerated, stock up now, because the prices are just going to get higher.”

From MarketWatch May 22, 2026

The first is already here, brought on by the rising cost of energy and logistics, which is affecting every stage of food production, from diesel-powered irrigation to refrigerated freight.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

Annemarie smiled at me while Colin and Jimmy were busy loading the soda into the big refrigerated case by the door.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

Higher fuel prices have increased the cost of transporting and refrigerating perishable foods.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2026

And what you’re doing when you’re refrigerating warehouses is you’re simply moving heat from inside to outside.

From Slate Aug. 27, 2024

Conversely, the "Mason jar" method involves snipping the bottoms of your herb stems, storing the herbs upright in a jar with about an inch of fresh, cool water, and then sealing completely before refrigerating.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2023

So there’s no need to let food cool before refrigerating it.

From Washington Post Jan. 17, 2023

Which reminded me—that egg bargain sounded good, but it was kind of tricky too, since there are all the rules about refrigerating and the glass eggs and who knew what the Speckled Sussex would lay.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones




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