pole
noun
a long, cylindrical, often slender piece of wood, metal, etc..
poles
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present tense formof pole (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The new monopoles will be used on the firm's Towy Usk, external and Towy Teifi, external projects - as part of a "toolkit" which also includes wood poles, underground cables and traditional pylons.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
On a summer night alongside the Colorado River, a line of telegraph poles is set alight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
There were seats assigned by state and indicated by tall signs on poles, there was a host of precisely timed and deeply forgettable speeches by elected officials, and, of course, there was a keynote speaker.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
Firefighters responded, opened the rear end of the truck and used pike poles to remove the garbage by hand, according to Samuel Menchaca, a public information officer with the San Francisco Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A capsized tent floated past, its metal poles twisted like a pretzel.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
