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as in staff
a body of persons at work or available for work
a large pool of applicants for the summer internship
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as in supply
the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time
a pool of ideas ready to use whenever the cartoonist needs to meet a deadline
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as in deposit
a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose
office workers setting up a pool for the collective purchase of lottery tickets
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as in to ball
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Recent Examples of pool
Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
He was chosen from a pool of 5,000 company leaders, placing him in the top 0.2 percent.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Jasper Brown, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Subscriber retention has emerged as a critical figure, with streaming businesses recently turning to pooling together services into bundles to reduce churn.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
This year's ranking expanded the pool of CCRCs to include five more U.S. states— Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia and New Jersey—and included new data sources from Google reviews and a visitor satisfaction rating from Accushield.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
He was chosen from a pool of 5,000 company leaders, placing him in the top 0.2 percent.
—Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
Elsewhere, asymmetrical bands draped and wrapped around the body before pooling into a skirt of scanty strips.
—Jasper Brown, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Subscriber retention has emerged as a critical figure, with streaming businesses recently turning to pooling together services into bundles to reduce churn.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pool
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Texas joined the Southeastern Conference this season while Arizona State now calls the Big 12 its home.Danny Davis, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Randall joined Noah in 2021, helping the company produce and deliver a number of projects.Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Then the divers began to find porcelain, more than three hundred and fifty thousand pieces in all, many of them stacked in eerie columns, their wooden crates having rotted away.Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The research — and history — are stacked against permanent daylight saving time, however.Addy Bink, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
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When teams stop sharing and listening, problems pile up and become more challenging to untangle.Sho Dewan, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Though the shoot location in the front of the loft by the windows is miraculously untouched, metal beams, doorframes, and trash bags of construction debris are piled high next to the door.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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Drawing inspiration from his childhood memories in India, an old tinsel tree inherited from his aunt, Gupta merges cultural influences to create a unique, joyful tribute to the festive spirit.Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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In 2019, Cindi Berger and Mark Owens merged Hollywood’s two largest publicity firms, PMK*BNC and Rogers & Cowan, forming a marketing colossus with Berger as chairman and Owens as CEO.Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024
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The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, colloquially known as the Big Mac Bridge, connects Cincinnati to Newport via Interstate 471.Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Refining Internal Communications Marketers refine campaigns using data that helps to understand how to connect with their audience.Celia Fleischaker, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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The technology combines two molecules—one fragranced and one odor-neutral.Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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This method combines the speed of symmetric encryption with the security of asymmetric encryption.Ofer Lidsky, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Therefore, making or ordering enough food for everyone to have, at the very least, a heaping first place (and ideally a second) is a must.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Now, you’re left with a heaping, gooey pile of guts and seeds.Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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Proposals for the redevelopment of the Civic Center go back almost 30 years, but the 2013 closing of Parker Center, the former LAPD headquarters, led to an ambitious plan that called for new offices, apartments and retail space linked by a series of paseos east into Little Tokyo.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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However, up to 90% of the sector’s emissions come from upstream and downstream activities (according to BCG, linked above), making helping customers adopt more sustainable technology practices critical.Carmen Ene, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pool. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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