pools 1 of 3

plural of pool
as in puddles
a small often deep body of water a secluded pool that has long been a locally favored spot for skinny-dipping

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pools

2 of 3

noun (2)

plural of pool
1
2
as in supplies
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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4
as in funds
the total of the bets at stake at one time two coworkers split last week's football pool

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pools

3 of 3

verb

present tense third-person singular of pool

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Recent Examples of pools
Noun
City facilities like recreation centers will be closed, but some pools and spray parks will remain open on Labor Day. Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026 There are two pools, one of which is heated, and plenty of daybeds for soaking up the sun. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026 South Seas features three heated pools, with luxe private cabanas available for rent. South Seas Island Resort, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 This includes checking around your property for leaks affecting your gutters, pools, buckets, and other areas where water can collect. Molly Burford, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2026 By installing connected systems from the start, builders can potentially create pools that are easier to use and become more valuable over time. Jon Viner, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Diskin, Easo, Radhakrishnan, Sudakov, and Tassion were trying to work out something fundamental about how graphs — networks of points connected by lines, or edges — can be taken over by large connected areas, the equivalent of pools of fluid. Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 That model revolves around acquiring financial licenses, and holding large pools of local currencies around the world, in order to provide companies with low-cost forex transfers. Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 Emptying standing water at least once a week to reduce mosquito breeding sites, such as tires, buckets, toys, pools, birdbaths, flowerpot saucers or trash containers. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pools
Noun
  • The drainage system had to empty the pool in less than 24 hours without leaving puddles.
    Jennifer Tucker, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026
  • These tiny insects lay their eggs in small puddles of standing water indoors and out.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Larger, older cities toward the core of the Phoenix metro tend to have more taxpayers, deeper pockets, larger staffs and a long history of securing access to different sources of water.
    Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The parliamentarian’s office advises legislators and their staffs, committees, and each chamber’s presiding officer on legislative procedure and precedent.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The war, now stretching into its seventh month, has disrupted global energy supplies and sent shockwaves through global financial markets.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-foot-tall model is available, while supplies last for $199 on the Samuel Adams website.
    Mike Snider, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • An underwriter is not simply adding up deposits and calling it a day.
    Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The remains were unearthed from 324-million-year-old Late Mississippian deposits in the Tesnus Formation of western Texas.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • About half of the capital funds will go toward replacing two fire engines and adding a new one, while the rest will be used to purchase new equipment for the department.
    Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • As the house begins to rise, the crew stacks wooden cribbing, like Lincoln Logs, into pillars underneath, to help support the structure.
    Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The Creeper Key Lime Sandwich stacks lime frosting between two square lime cookies rolled in green sprinkles, while the Lemon Poppyseed Cookie comes topped with lemon curd, lemon buttercream and a bee topper.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Now, advanced and sophisticated products are helping growing companies extend the impact of their existing workforces in ways that previously weren’t realistically attainable.
    Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The companies with the most resilient workforces have made investment in employee trajectory a structural commitment, not a line item that disappears when headcount pressure arrives.
    Susan LaMotte, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • As crude inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve drain toward their operational limits, America is left, armed with just 300 million barrels.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Missile inventories cannot refill instantly because the underlying network was never built for sudden, sustained high-volume demand.
    Dennis Mitzner, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026

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“Pools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pools. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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