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Lake Success

American  

noun

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


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The flow from Lake Success near Porterville into the Tule River increased from 105 cubic feet per second to 990.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025

Lake Success saw a significant increase in inflows over night, with about 19,064 cubic feet of water rushing in per second as of Wednesday morning, according to state data.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 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

The Yankees said that Ford died at home, in Lake Success, N.Y., surrounded by family while watching his old team win a playoff game against the Tampa Bay Rays.

From New York Times ● Oct. 9, 2020

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

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