swimming pool

noun

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Recent Examples of swimming pool Surveys had pinpointed a desire for a new, central public swimming pool and the location on Paper Island could not be better. — Laura Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026 There’s also a tennis court, a Victorian-style greenhouse, and an indoor swimming pool that’s currently out of use. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026 The Oscar winner’s La Paisible home has a 50-foot swimming pool, AD previously reported. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026 The application says the main house has six bedrooms, six full and two half-bathrooms and an indoor swimming pool. — Susan Sarkauskas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for swimming pool
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swimming pool
  1. pool
  2. well
  3. puddle
  4. lake
  5. water hole
  6. pond
  7. billabong
Noun
  • In addition to the pool at the spa, the hotel has a main pool area fringed with palm trees, with sunken loungers in the shallows and Nile views at every turn.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Methodology The ranking drew from an initial pool of over 7,000 of the Asia-Pacific's largest and most influential companies.
    — TIME Staff, Time, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of pool
Noun
  • Make a well in the center and add the milk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The city of Lexington, Kentucky, is looking to expand its local well of production experts.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of well
Noun
  • While the satin Cong Tri gown cascaded down Erivo’s frame and flowed to the red carpet to a puddle of fabric that created a short train, the jacket added a dose of structured contrast.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The clips showed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex walking hand-in-hand outdoors, plus scenes of a child’s feet by a fireplace, splashing in puddles and the children riding bikes.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of puddle
Noun
  • On Mljet, while walking back from the lakes with our wet hair dripping down our backs, someone asks whether anyone has a hair mask, because the sea salt is wrecking hers and ruining her extensions.
    — Michaela Trimble, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Article continues below this ad The scenic overlook, which rises above Lake Austin, attracts visitors looking for views of the lake, surrounding hills and downtown skyline.
    — Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of lake
Noun
  • One of the reasons the water hole has been so favored is because radio waves in this frequency range are not absorbed by Earth's atmosphere.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There were about 50 of them and they were strung out over a wide, grassy plain near a water hole.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026
Definition of water hole
Noun
  • This historic New England house sits on 25 private acres with a pond, a gazebo, and walking trails through the nearby woods.
    — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The pond was eventually replaced with more greenery, which is visible in The Daily Mail’s photos.
    — Allison DeGrushe, StyleCaster, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pond
Noun
  • Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022
Definition of billabong

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