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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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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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
Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The steep price tag narrows the pool of buyers to a handful of tech companies and billionaires.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Health officials will now begin testing milk from large storage tanks at dairy processing facilities, which typically pool milk from many dairy farms, before it is pasteurized.
—Dani Blum, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Noun
As an international amateur free agent, teams could sign him only with money from their international bonus pool for the 2025 signing period, which began Wednesday.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
The steep price tag narrows the pool of buyers to a handful of tech companies and billionaires.
—Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Many strengthen their odds for the historic lottery by pooling together their money for tickets.
—Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Health officials will now begin testing milk from large storage tanks at dairy processing facilities, which typically pool milk from many dairy farms, before it is pasteurized.
—Dani Blum, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
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Bruegger's Bagels free bagel and cream cheese Bruegger’s Bagels, with more than 175 locations throughout the U.S., is giving all customers who join Bruegger’s Rewards loyalty program a free bagel and cream cheese with purchase in January to celebrate National Bagel Day.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City Star Maddie Hartley, a digital layout editor working on the Morning Sports Edition, joined The Star in 2023.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
15 Jan. 2025
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However, Google now appears to be expanding the feature by allowing users to select and stack photos manually.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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The odds were stacked against Britain until a group of renegade, maverick soldiers (the SAS Rogue Heroes) decided to fight against a more powerful enemy in a new way.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Almost 10 feet of sand and dirt had piled up on the shipwreck.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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Bleak new superlatives about the cost of living are piling up: About half of city households are struggling to pay for basic necessities, New York has the lowest apartment vacancy rate in a half-century, and about 146,000 homeless children are enrolled in local schools.—
Eliza Shapiro,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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The overall figures do not include Forever 21. Before merging into Catalyst Brands, JCPenney was owned by Simon, Brookfield and Authentic.—
David Moin,
WWD,
8 Jan. 2025
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Think of it as creating the ultimate cancer-fighting super cell by merging two of our body's most efficient defenders.—
Ethan Stone,
USA TODAY,
7 Jan. 2025
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And More The former two-time All-Star outfielder mentions how there are several key names that are connected with A-Game, including football legend Bo Jackson and Ohio State Buckeyes Unanimous All-American safety Caleb Downs.—
DJ Siddiqi,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The joy con covers appear to be able to connect to the controllers magnetically when removed from the Switch 2′s main tablet when propping the console up on its stand or docking it to play via a home TV.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
16 Jan. 2025
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The feature also combined headlines from The New York Times into a November notification that falsely said that Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been arrested, according to a ProPublica reporter’s post on social media.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
17 Jan. 2025
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The space will combine art and businesses, just like Dupp & Swat’s other brands, and will include the siblings’ signature focus on Black creatives.—
Melissa Oyler,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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The policy changes from the new law will heap more administrative work on the Social Security Administration, which is already at its lowest staffing level in decades.—
Fatima Hussein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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But there’s bad blood between Burritt and his Cleveland-Cliffs counterpart, raising the question of whether U.S. Steel investors would need to heap on the pressure to get a deal done.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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However, there are concerns about biodiversity loss linked to forestry.—
Maddy Savage,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
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Statues honoring the late Wagner leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, and top commander, Dmitry Utkin, were unveiled in CAR’s capital, Bangui, in December, a Telegram channel linked to the mercenary group reported.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Pool.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pool. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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