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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
Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
Erected late last week, the pool is adorned with unpainted plywood and sits behind a tall fence covered by transparent plastic, over which tourists throw coins in the hope of hitting the water.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
According to the complaint, the drain was located in a 12-foot-by-12-foot pit about two-feet deep, where liquid pooled from employees washing off meat racks.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Bath & Body Works recommends trimming the wicks to ¼-inch before lighting, keeping debris out of the wax pool, and setting the candle on a heat-resistant surface for safety.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
Erected late last week, the pool is adorned with unpainted plywood and sits behind a tall fence covered by transparent plastic, over which tourists throw coins in the hope of hitting the water.
—Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
Milk is pooled from any number of cows, then pasteurized and packaged.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
According to the complaint, the drain was located in a 12-foot-by-12-foot pit about two-feet deep, where liquid pooled from employees washing off meat racks.
—Chloe Sorvino, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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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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Those who join My Best Buy Total enjoy 24/7 Geek Squad tech support, exclusive prices and protection plans, including AppleCare+ for $179.99 per year.John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 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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The company is actively seeking to merge with another operating company to address its financial challenges.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Chatter about the inevitability of consolidation within the streaming world has been going on for well over a year now, with a widespread expectation that at some point, a couple of major platforms will either merge or go away.Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 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 28 Nov. 2024.
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