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Noun
Sunrise Park Resort rentals Ski rental packages with skis, boots and poles are $45 and snowboard rental packages with a board and boots are $50, unchanged from the 2023-24 season. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2024 Moving the poles There are two types of poles on Earth: the geographic and magnetic poles. Devika Rao, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
Columbia, then Rodinia and most recently Pangea, which formed about 335 million years ago, stretching from pole to pole along the longitudes of the mid-Atlantic. Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2020 His plan is to be the first person to circumnavigate the globe from east to west and pole to pole without the help of motors, sails, or solar energy. The Editors, Outside Online, 17 Nov. 2014 See all Example Sentences for pole 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pole
Noun
  • The most conspicuous example is the open-air winter sculpture garden at the center of the residence, an intimate, confined courtyard that allows art and nature to coalesce.
    Troy J. McMullen, Architectural Digest, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Meanwhile, in the present, the survivors find themselves at the center of a conspiracy that might just bring their past secrets to light.
    Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Older kids and teenagers often enjoy spear-throwing with a Maasai warrior, horseback riding, hot-air balloon rides, and canoeing in the Okavango Delta.
    Maija de Rijk-Uys, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Well, British adventurer Ben Kilner recently canoed the trip in one direction then triked it in the other, using the same amphibious vehicle for both legs of the journey.
    Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • California Malibu is a magnet for destructive fires.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The cabinets themselves all come with soft-close doors with magnets, so owners don’t have to worry about them slamming or accidentally opening while hitting bumps on the road.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • In one snap, the Browns went from four-down territory in a must-score situation to punting from Pittsburgh’s 39-yard line.
    Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • After a field goal made it 10-7 in favor of the Rams, the defense forced the Bills to punt, but that ball never made it in the air as it was blocked and Hunter Long recovered the ball for the scoop-and-score touchdown.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Durazzi had horses freely roaming the garden; inside the gallery, models were standing on a felt-padded plinth, while images of women who are the designer’s polestars—artists, scientists, and intellectuals from Phoebe Boswell to Carla Cerati to Ottessa Moshfegh—were projected on their faces.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2023
  • As Twitter appears to go down in flames, with nothing on the horizon to rise in its place as the polestar of the media firmament, there is some hope that people in the press or in Hollywood may have to update their priors once more about how young activists actually talk and behave.
    WIRED, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • Advertisement The main insurgent force, Hayat Tahrir al Sham, has been working to establish security and start a political transition after seizing the capital early Sunday.
    Albert Aji and Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • On December 10, Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on a private medical facility in the southeastern regional capital, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 20 others.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Endrick became one of the main attractions on Madrid’s pre-season tour of the United States in the absence of other big names such as Jude Bellingham and Mbappe, who joined pre-season later than other players due to their nations going deep at the European Championship.
    Guillermo Rai, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
  • The timing couldn’t be better considering the Rock Center Christmas tree is up and tourists, domestic and international, have been flooding the area to see the many Midtown holiday attractions.
    David Moin, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The arena is nearing the end of a $42 million project aimed at leaning into the arena’s growing presence as an Arizona music mecca and entertainment destination.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Pink was founded as Thomas Pink in 1984 by three Irish brothers — James, Peter and John Mullen — in the go-go years as London was becoming a financial market mecca under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pole. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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