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
Elliot Williams, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
The results showed that the sweat pooled in the participants’ pores, without forming droplets.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2025
Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Similarly, this year’s prize pool of $90 million is an increase of 57% from the $57.3 million the tournament dished out six years ago.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Much internet communication is largely anonymous and pooled (i.e., visible to all others), which encourages piling on.
—Elliot Williams, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
The results showed that the sweat pooled in the participants’ pores, without forming droplets.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 25 July 2025
Verb
Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull spent the day relaxing by the pool before a game, and Caitlin Clark may or may not have been pretty upset by it.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Similarly, this year’s prize pool of $90 million is an increase of 57% from the $57.3 million the tournament dished out six years ago.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pool
Verb
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After that, Trump would join Putin and Zelenskyy for a discussion aimed at pushingthe two warring sides closer together.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles joins the MeTV Toons lineup starting Monday, Sept. 15, airing weekdays at 7:30 am, 4 pm and midnight.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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And the new interim administration is stacked with loyalists and active military officers.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
17 Aug. 2025
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He’s stacked good days at camp that has earned praise from Prescott, and his performance Saturday offers optimism that he’s improved in the run game under new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Aug. 2025
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Private equity investors, meanwhile, are increasingly piling into renewables.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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To pile onto its troubles, multiple deaths have occurred following Cybertruck crashes.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Colbert’s show is ending amid uniquely political circumstances, to be sure, with CBS’s parent company, Paramount, and President Donald Trump having reached a multimillion-dollar legal settlement while the company attempted to merge with Skydance Media.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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With Disney+ and Hulu set to merge in 2026 — and the Hulu app going away — Disney is reshuffling the marketing leadership of its entertainment division.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This new sleeper train service aims to connect over 100 cities with affordable overnight train routes, including Copenhagen.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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All of these people are narcos, somehow connected to the drug world.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Both schools combined to form the Purgolders football team.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Boyd said households will be chosen based on their interest form answers, combined with what their home needs, based on the energy audit.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Spoon a heaping tablespoon (not packed) of crust mixture into bottom of each paper liner.—
Craig Melvin,
Southern Living,
15 Aug. 2025
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Dress your shrimp directly in the sauce to ensure they’re thoroughly coated, then heap onto a plate of greens and dig right in. 4.—
Audrey Bruno,
SELF,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Fourteen defendants, all of whom were linked to the extremist groups the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, received commutations, releasing them from prison though not erasing their felony convictions from their records.—
Tom Dreisbach,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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His post came a day after Republican Sen. Tom Cotton sent an open letter to Intel’s board raising questions about Tan’s connections to semiconductor firms that are allegedly linked to the Chinese government and military.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pool. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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