plumbed

verb

past tense of plumb
as in scaled
to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship

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Recent Examples of plumbed It's also plumbed ready to accept a washer/dryer, and a water heater is installed. — New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026 Whitehead plumbed his boyhood fondness for horror movies in Zone One (2011), a zombie apocalypse novel set in a post-9/11 lower Manhattan in the wake of a pandemic. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 And eastern Anatolia, where the Iranian gas actually lands, was plumbed for flows from the east. — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Every day for more than 30 years, NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has plumbed the cosmos to unveil secrets and wonders lurking in every corner of the universe. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 May 2026 West Ham are relegated, sorry Spurs survive The odds were stacked against West Ham United beating relegation yesterday and even in a year when Tottenham Hotspur plumbed appallingly abject depths, few clubs deserved it more. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026 The second floor is plumbed for an additional full bathroom while the third floor is partially finished with additional plumbing. — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 Outside, the large outbuilding has not yet been used for specific projects, but Steward explained the structure is fully insulated, plumbed for water, and wired for 100-amp electrical service. — Des Moines Register, 19 Jan. 2026 Much as Wes Anderson and Yorgos Lanthimos have plumbed Dafoe’s deliciously wicked sense of humor in pieces that straddle the line between the real and the archly stylized, Solnicki understands that a strong Dafoe performance must always teeter between the two. — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumbed
  1. scaled
  2. fathomed
  3. spanned
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  • Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds’ leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Naig, who previously worked for chemical manufacturer Monsanto, highlighted the records that his department has set under Reynolds' leadership and said conservation work is being scaled up to accelerate progress.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of scaled
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  • The Chiefs already were on their way toward being eliminated from postseason contention, but the injury to their biggest star sent them to a nadir few could have fathomed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s popularity was something none of the three could have fathomed in its earliest days.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of fathomed
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  • The Panthers clinched the game with a standout 92-yard TD drive that spanned parts of the third and fourth quarters, included two successful fourth-down conversions and ended with Chuba Hubbard scoring from one yard out.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Similarly to the Chicago Theatre, the Rapp & Rapp team designed a balcony that spanned the breadth of the auditorium without any columns to block the spectators below, Loerzel and Pierce's book noted.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of spanned

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