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
Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
The pool provides a very welcome respite for summer travelers.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
Amelia Martin, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
This process typically requires multiple departments to pool their data and several skilled teams to collaborate.
—Erin Tavgac, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Noun
The pool is widened even further by the fact that the March sisters' father recently published a controversial bestseller about them, making just about anybody a potential suspect.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 June 2025
The pool provides a very welcome respite for summer travelers.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 11 June 2025
Verb
Assess the drainage situation and take note of where the water is pooling the most.
—Amelia Martin, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2025
This process typically requires multiple departments to pool their data and several skilled teams to collaborate.
—Erin Tavgac, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pool
Verb
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With the welcome citywide expansion of organic collection (brown bins) joining with paper (green bins) and metal, glass and plastic (blue bins), the remaining black bag garbage will be made of nonrecyclable items like those same thin plastics that Sims rejects that are used for wrapping or bags.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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Miami went 10-2 in 1990 and ended the season ranked No. 3 in its final season as an independent before joining the Big East.—
Kaitlyn Pohly,
Miami Herald,
8 June 2025
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This merry, hour-long holiday extravaganza will be stacked with gifts for Bravo fans and feature a number of Yuletide Bravolebrity performances.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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Weekend writing sessions can stack into thousands per month.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, House Republicans’ sweeping bill to enact Trump’s policy agenda would pile another $3.8 trillion to the government’s $36 trillion debt pile, according to recent CBO estimates.—
Auzinea Bacon,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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Kulikov’s goal came after the Panthers controlled play for several minutes in the second, hemming the Oilers in their zone shift after shift and piling up a 34-13 advantage in shot attempts during the period.—
Stephen Whyno,
Chicago Tribune,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Eventually, drivers will be able to take a ramp from Lakeview directly to the nearby 55 Freeway — instead of having to take the 91 and merging over.—
Jim Radcliffe,
Oc Register,
13 June 2025
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From Passive Cameras To Active At its core, physical AI merges computer vision, physics simulation and machine learning to teach machines cause and effect.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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What about you? Brody: Kristen Bell and I are connected in a few ways.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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The protocol for selection has varied, sometimes rotating across multiple brothers of the same generation or jumping across family trees to cousins, but always theoretically connecting back to the same common ancestor: Jimmu.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2025
Verb
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The process can be complicated, but generally, under reconciliation, the goal is to combine spending and revenue provisions into a single bill.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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The film is deeply atmospheric, combining handmade aesthetics with an emotive, electronic score to craft a meditative journey about separation and connection.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Russia's investigative committee has launched a terrorism investigation into the collapse of two bridges in the border region following incidents likely to heap pressure on the Russian president.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Cramer couldn’t stop heaping compliments on Walden.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
13 May 2025
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The state has failed to produce a single piece of evidence linking me to any act of violence or criminality.—
Mahrang Baloch,
Time,
10 June 2025
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Although Alston is often linked by media to name, image and likeness, which derives from the right of publicity, NIL didn’t appear once in the ruling.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2025
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“Pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pool. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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