Lake Success

American  

noun

1. a town on Long Island, in SE New York: temporary United Nations headquarters 1946–51.

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Lake Success British  

noun

1. a village in SE New York State, on W Long Island: headquarters of the United Nations Security Council from 1946 to 1951. Pop: 2832 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

The photos below, taken 10 days apart, show what occurred after Lake Success swelled and sent sediment-rich brown water into the Tule River, which overflowed into low-lying areas.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

Residents on both sides of the Tule River were ordered to evacuate last week as levels rose at Lake Success, sending water over the spillway at Schafer Dam.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2023

The production and props designer Stephanie Osin Cohen bedazzles an already palatial Long Island mansion in Lake Success, complete with a museum-worthy collection of framed Pomeranian portraits.

From New York Times • May 23, 2021

By 1979, Spahr Lacher had moved into a nondescript suburban office park in Lake Success, Long Island, just beyond the Queens border and the reach of New York City taxes.

From Salon • May 8, 2020

He is the son of Janet A. Edgar and Bryan P. Edgar of Savannah, Ga. The groom’s mother, who is retired, was a medical billing record reviewer for Health/ROI in Lake Success, N.Y.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2019