1
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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2
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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3
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
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
All of the property’s accommodations blend indoor and outdoor living with garden showers, private plunge pools, and deep-soaking tubs amid a jungle-like environment.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Sitting on a plane for hours bumps up the risk of developing DVT because blood can pool in your legs.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
If frolicking in the surf or deep-sea swimming isn’t quite your jam, don’t worry—there’s an infinity-edge pool, along with an oceanfront loggia, a summer kitchen, and several sun terraces meant to mimic the coastline.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Apr. 2025
All of the property’s accommodations blend indoor and outdoor living with garden showers, private plunge pools, and deep-soaking tubs amid a jungle-like environment.
—Chris Dong, AFAR Media, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
The study pooled data from over 5,300 asymptomatic individuals.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Sitting on a plane for hours bumps up the risk of developing DVT because blood can pool in your legs.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pool
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Korir, who won last year’s Chicago Marathon, joins his older brother Wesley as a winner of the Boston Marathon, the first siblings to do so.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Connecticut was the 17th state to join the country-wide movement to legalize cannabis in 2012.—
David Goldburg,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2025
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All offers end April 30 (each can only be used once and offers do not stack).—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Photos released by the agency showed rows of Easter cakes stacked inside a devastated building, covered in thick dust, as a huge hole gaped in the wall behind them and rubble piled up on the floor.—
Angela Charlton and Hanna Arhirova,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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In Florida and Texas, the two states that have built more new homes than any other over the past couple of years, unsold homes are piling up on the market as potential buyers are discouraged by rising homeowners association (HOA) fees and property insurance premiums.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Vance piled pressure on Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling on both sides to accept the American framework for peace, which includes agreeing to recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea, mostly freezing the frontlines of the conflict and foregoing future NATO membership.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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The platforms and device teams merged last year under Osterloh, who said the move was necessary for quicker integration of AI across all of Google's products.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
11 Apr. 2025
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Italian fashion houses to merge Prada struck a deal to buy rival Versace for $1.375 billion on Thursday.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
11 Apr. 2025
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Investigators find bloody clothes in Ansonia murder, missing baby case Police investigators have found bloody clothes and rags connected to the murder of an Ansonia woman, but law enforcement sources said there’s nothing that explains what happened to her missing 1-year-old daughter.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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In November 2001, President George W. Bush issued a military order authorizing the indefinite detention of noncitizens suspected of being connected to terrorism.—
Andrea Seielstad,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2025
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To save even more, consider mixing materials—for example, combining wood posts with metal balusters.—
Abid Haque,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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Something their protagonists have in common with great fictional detectives is an unorthodox set of personal habits, combined with an idiosyncratically skewed moral compass.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2025
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The trio of bold statements heaped scrutiny on the current leadership at the FIA.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Both members acknowledged that neither were particularly close to Vance during his brief tenure in the upper chamber upon now heaping praise.—
Al Weaver,
The Hill,
10 Feb. 2025
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Medical experts have said for years there is no evidence linking vaccines to autism, but a new poll has found that a growing number of Americans, particularly those who support President Trump, disagree.—
Elizabeth Crisp,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2025
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In the first instance, group chat invites were hijacked to link attacker devices to target accounts.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pool. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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