poles 1 of 2

plural of pole

poles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of pole

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of poles
Noun
Shepler said the university can’t put banners on light poles that have other signage, meaning not every pole will be used. Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025 At the Martian poles in summer, the frozen carbon dioxide sublimates – transforming from a frozen solid to a gas – and then at the winter pole condenses back into a frozen solid. Joel S. Levine, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poles
Noun
  • His first business ventures were reportedly an internet café and gaming centers in the provincial capital Fuzhou.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Southeastern Wisconsin has become the latest hot spot for some of the largest tech companies – Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle – to spend billions on build data centers to further artificial intelligence programming.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Its electroactive gel structure allows for rapid, multidirectional motion without bulky external magnets or mechanical components.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Strong magnets help the tiles click in place.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By September, the Soviets had lost not only all the territorial gains of the 1939 Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with Germany, including the Baltic states, Moldavia, and western parts of Ukraine and Belarus, but also the capitals of those two republics, first Minsk and then Kyiv.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • It is meant to be spent with existing other capitals.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • One of the epicenters of contemporary book banning is Escambia County, Florida, on the westernmost edge of the Panhandle.
    tumblr.com, tumblr.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The epicenters were about 82 miles apart, with the Onagawa quake occurring around 235 miles northeast of Tokyo and the Tomioka quake about 154 miles from the capital.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Some of these attractions in the maze include a biohazard unit, a butcher shop, a poacher camp and a witch’s cauldron.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The list also includes spooky attractions in Florida and Georgia.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At the emergency vet, Scout had normal vitals, and the professional at first thought that the dog was suffering from only an upset stomach caused by the baits.
    Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Keep the baits out of reach of kids and pets.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Poles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poles. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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