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Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
All the federal attention has been unsettling to some Mainers, welcomed by others who don’t want transgender girls playing girls’ sports and disruptive to the 625-student Greely High School, which the transgender pole vaulter attends.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
Being an island at a reasonably high latitude means rockets can launch north over uninhabited ocean, entering into orbit from pole to pole around our planet.
—WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
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Noun
Four full-sky surveys are planned over two years, as the telescope circles the globe from pole to pole 400 miles up.
—Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
All the federal attention has been unsettling to some Mainers, welcomed by others who don’t want transgender girls playing girls’ sports and disruptive to the 625-student Greely High School, which the transgender pole vaulter attends.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 11 Mar. 2025
Verb
But, at the end of the day, finishing first in your respective conference goes a long way for the voting party, which Denver has seemingly done pole to pole this season.
—Tyler Small, Forbes, 31 Mar. 2023
Being an island at a reasonably high latitude means rockets can launch north over uninhabited ocean, entering into orbit from pole to pole around our planet.
—WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pole
Noun
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The sector has been at the center of much of the market’s recent sell-off in a reversal from their market-driving gains throughout the previous year.—
Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Mar. 2025
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Michelangelo lived and studied there, and the current complex, across the Arno river from the historic center of Florence, still houses the wooden crucifix carved by the Renaissance master for its basilica.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With offerings like canoeing on the pond and a toy train that runs around the gardens, this is one of the better châteaux to visit with kids.—
Kimberley Lovato,
AFAR Media,
4 Feb. 2025
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Ice canoeing is a thrilling winter activity unique to the province, combining canoeing with the challenges of frozen rivers and icy terrain.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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With interiors and exteriors designed by the likes of Thomas Heatherwick and Andre Fu, The Upper House scores high for aesthetics and has long been a magnet for celebrities and the fashion, entertainment and arts crowd passing through Hong Kong.—
Abid Rahman,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Mar. 2025
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Read Next Business Charlotte is a magnet for foreign businesses.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Justin Faulk had the puck in the Blues’ zone with time and space to punt it out.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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The conversation followed a decision made by House Republicans — led by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — to punt codifying the DOGE cuts until after September, delaying the process so lawmakers have more time to parse through the particulars.—
Mychael Schnell,
The Hill,
6 Mar. 2025
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Maison Proust, Paris (Image credit: Maison Proust) Opulence is the polestar at Maison Proust.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
7 Nov. 2024
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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
Noun
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The Finnish goalie was on the other side of the Ullmark trade that brought the latter to Canada’s capital.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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After the acquittal, rare in capital murder cases in Tarrant County, Delancy, who is 34, was to be released from jail on Wednesday evening.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2025
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When the park lost five of its 26 permanent employees in February, it was forced to close tours of a signature attraction, Lehman Caves.—
Anjeanette Damon,
ProPublica,
14 Mar. 2025
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The Crayola Experience attraction in Orlando is located inside Florida Mall.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The Carolinas’ food mecca of Charleston. California, then back. Management, failures and burnout.—
Jenny Hartley,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Feb. 2025
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The celebrated Park Forest Plaza — one of the first suburban shopping malls in America, which had siphoned commerce from former shopping meccas such as downtown Chicago Heights — was one-upped in turn by Matteson’s indoor Lincoln Mall.—
Paul Eisenberg,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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“Pole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pole. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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