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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 lakes
This escape, which borders Canada, spans over 218,000 acres with lakes, boreal forests, and trickling streams.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Dragonfly won’t be near those huge methane lakes, unfortunately, but there is still much to see on this frozen world.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
In September, the fish are taken out of the tanks and relocated to lakes and rivers across Northwest Wisconsin.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The Lakes district feels like a visit to Europe, with the Italian water garden and lush landscape around two lakes.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
There are similar issues at other drying lakes around the world, from Utah’s Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea in Central Asia, Farzan noted, and this will require bigger efforts to contend with dust and its effects on people’s health.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Today, this history is etched into a landscape pockmarked with deep craters and atomic lakes, contaminated with radioactive isotopes cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239 that can remain dangerous for thousands of years.
—Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Trabuco Creek serves as a lateral hazard on seven of the championship-length course’s 18 holes, and on-course lakes are located at three holes.
—Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
One source of water for wildlife to drink and bathe in, which could be a birdbath, rain garden, a seasonal pool or natural water sources like rivers and lakes that are near but not on a property.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 11 Apr. 2026
Dragonfly won’t be near those huge methane lakes, unfortunately, but there is still much to see on this frozen world.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 10 Apr. 2026
In September, the fish are taken out of the tanks and relocated to lakes and rivers across Northwest Wisconsin.
—John Lauritsen, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
The Lakes district feels like a visit to Europe, with the Italian water garden and lush landscape around two lakes.
—Jenny Hughes, The Spruce, 9 Apr. 2026
There are similar issues at other drying lakes around the world, from Utah’s Great Salt Lake to the Aral Sea in Central Asia, Farzan noted, and this will require bigger efforts to contend with dust and its effects on people’s health.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Today, this history is etched into a landscape pockmarked with deep craters and atomic lakes, contaminated with radioactive isotopes cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239 that can remain dangerous for thousands of years.
—Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
Trabuco Creek serves as a lateral hazard on seven of the championship-length course’s 18 holes, and on-course lakes are located at three holes.
—Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
One source of water for wildlife to drink and bathe in, which could be a birdbath, rain garden, a seasonal pool or natural water sources like rivers and lakes that are near but not on a property.
—Bridget Fogarty, Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lakes
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Rangiroa and Huahine offer dramatic green peaks rising above bright lagoons.—
Rachel King,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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Select sailings also visit Celebration Key, featuring expansive freshwater lagoons and a 10-story sandcastle activity center.—
Linnea Bailey,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2026
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Located on the shores of Loch Linnhe, one of 31,000 freshwater lochs in Scotland, Fort William sits in the shadow of Ben Nevis, at 4,490 feet the highest peak in Britain.—
Patti Nickell,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice toward a target.—
Pien Huang,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In extremely dry years, the longer-term plans under consideration by Reclamation would allow the water levels of the system’s two main reservoirs to repeatedly fall below minimum power pool.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Below-average rainfall since September has caused the 11 reservoirs in the Catawba-Wateree Basin — and the streams that feed into them — to deplete below normal levels, the local Drought Management Advisory Group said in a news release Thursday.—
Nick Sullivan,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Lakes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lakes. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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