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

Both areas are threatened by water flowing out of the mountains into Lake Success, said Carrie Monteiro, spokeswoman for the Tulare County Emergency Operations Center.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 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