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 government's policy would allow for wooden poles or "equivalent, less intrusive infrastructure" to be used to support overhead cables where certain planning tests are met.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
"Our approach is to use the right infrastructure in the right place, drawing on a range of technologies including underground cables, wooden poles and our recently announced lower-profile monopoles."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
NGC 660 displays a rare "polar ring" structure, with a ring of stars orbiting around the galaxy's poles rather than following its main plane.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
But it seems those tent poles are getting set up in the opposite direction these days.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Moreover, this axis was not the north-south axis of the poles but an axis through Jerusalem and the geometrical centre of the universe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
