pools 1 of 3

noun (1)

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

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noun (2)

plural of pool
1
as in staffs
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 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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3
as in deposits
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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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
as in stacks

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Recent Examples of pools
Noun
The 4,000-square-meter space gives guests access to a variety of hot and cold pools, saunas, and a one-of-a-kind green space sprinkled with lounge chairs, firepits, and 360-degree mountain views. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Oct. 2026 Broadcom, which helps Google develop chips for AI labs, is creating financing pools to help Anthropic and OpenAI deploy high-performance models, CEO Hock Tan told analysts earlier this year. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Chemicals from microplastics can enter the water and affect the microbes that live in the pools and provide them with their distinctive hues. — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Other common violations include washing cars at home, filling pools and power washing, which are all disallowed. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026 Mosquitoes breed in small pools of water, including in tires and plastic containers. — Alex Deluca, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 Sea Lion Splash travels with sea lions to county fairs; FL Sea Lion Encounters keeps them in backyard pools. — Valerie Greene, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 The private residences include a duplex with gardens and panoramic rooftops, single-level residences with terraces, private gardens and pools. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 Some employees live in dorms on site, and all of them have easy access to pools and fitness centers. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pools
  1. puddles
  2. staffs
  3. supplies
  4. deposits
  5. funds
  6. stacks
  7. workforces
  8. inventories
Noun
  • The plants and fungi in his garden had dried up, and summer puddles, with their flamboyant biological complexity, had long frozen over.
    — Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
  • There were large puddles of waste around the camp and in the gullies between tents.
    — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of puddles
Noun
  • Both pitching staffs demonstrated their depth in Friday night's opener, and managing pitch counts will be vital as both managers try to keep their bullpens fresh for the upcoming travel day.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • On the evening of July 16, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, dozens of election officials and their staffs gathered for a reception near Mount Rushmore.
    — Andy Mannix, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of staffs
Noun
  • Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Oil prices year-to-date The pullback followed a sharp rally on Friday after attacks by Yemen's Houthi militants on Saudi Arabia reignited fears of disruptions to global energy supplies.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
  • From delivering supplies to protecting ships The platform already has experience in military logistics.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of supplies
Noun
  • If possible, transition to point-of-service collections or require upfront deposits for large projects.
    — Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The brand’s Peptide Detox shampoo, which adsorbs hard water deposits to thoroughly clean hair, has amassed 238,000 impressions on TikTok this month and can consistently be found topping the app’s section for popular searches.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of deposits
Noun
  • Over the past two months, amid efforts to find what could be more than $20 billion to recapitalize insurance funds, Walter has sold his controlling interest in the Lakers and a minority share of Chelsea, the English Premier League club.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • As of the 2024-25 school year, the public school per-pupil cost in Miami-Dade was about $12,500 in federal, state and local funds, per state figures.
    — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of funds
Verb
  • But if the other two deals look more enticing, don't worry—this deal stacks with both the Simplicity Plan and myPlan promotions above.
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Now it’s bested itself, unveiling a sub-1 nm chip that roughly doubles that density using NanoStack technology, which stacks transistors vertically, building up rather than out.
    — Micheline Maynard, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of stacks
Noun
  • The company told city officials this would result in about $75 million investment in private capital and around 90 to 100 jobs in technical, maintenance and security workforces.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Regional industry networks would combine technology and talent to create more agile workforces, new capabilities, lines of business, and growing market shares.
    — Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of workforces
Noun
  • The framework Jalan laid out starts with the traditional discipline of planning buffer inventories around important and high-risk SKUs, which limits stockout risk without loading the business with redundancy costs.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Governments are pushing defense manufacturers to replenish inventories, modernize capabilities and accelerate deliveries.
    — Naveen Poonian, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventories

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“Pools.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pools. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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