lake

as in pond
a large area of water that is surrounded by land They own a cottage on the lake. the shores of the lake

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Recent Examples of lake Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Director Mike Donahue sets the entire play on the shores of a beautiful lake (the giant photo backdrop and reflective stage are by designer Afsoon Pajoufar), with a few chairs and a book cart the primary set pieces. Chad Jones, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025 In 2007, Black’s teenage brother Miguel Payne drowned at a local lake. Kff Health News, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025 Both the bedroom and the fireside bathroom have floor-to-ceiling lake views. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lake
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Noun
  • This marks the lowest pond estimate since 2004.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • While the movement has yet to gain traction on this side of the pond, Americans have needed little outside encouragement to get in on the secondhand shopping trend, both online, led by marketplaces like ThredUp and The Real Real, and in thrift stores.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To protect the fragile lagoon, large ships now use the industrial port of Marghera, several miles away, or in some cases the ports of Ravenna or Trieste, which are up to two hours away by coach.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In autumn, this dreamy trek among the clouds is made even more breathtaking by the changing larches, with amber rivers blazing between ice-blue sky and lagoons.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Donal, a nightclub owner in Chicago obsessed with the blues, has resisted going back to the land of lochs for reasons that will become only somewhat clear over the course of the run time.
    Esther Zuckerman, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The crannogs are on Loch Nell, a tranquil inland loch, and some argue they could have been constructed as solar observation sites.
    Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
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  • Advertisement This granular knowledge and deep curiosity is also what drives Speer’s long-standing dedication to protecting the vast, vulnerable open ocean and deep-sea environments that lie outside of national borders and hold some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on earth.
    Bonnie Tsui, Time, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Their slow decay provides long-term nutrient reservoirs, helping to build spongy soils that support future forest growth.
    Greg Sullivan, AFAR Media, 15 Sep. 2025

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“Lake.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lake. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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