Thesaurus results for PLUMBING

plumbing

verb

Definition of plumbing

present participle of plumb

as in scaling

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 plumbing There is no reading of the statute under which enforcing the Building Code includes plumbing a restaurant’s kitchen. — Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Capital Engineering, a mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering firm the district has worked with in the past, has been tapped to help assess the district’s losses and develop a plan for remedying the issue. — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2026 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon join the ranks of iconic observatories like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes – plumbing the far reaches of the cosmos to answer some of life's greatest mysteries. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Getty Images At first sight, the mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering work involved in construction doesn’t seem a prime target for disruption from artificial intelligence. — David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 But even as Moon landings, space shuttles, and reusable rockets seized the headlines, Link, along with a stubborn handful of engineers, explorers, and flat-out dreamers, kept plumbing the ocean instead. — Bill Gourgey, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 Online influencers can invent careers by plumbing the court docket in a celebrity lawsuit (see the Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni case). — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 Entertainment giants are truly grasping for any hint of intellectual property this days — including by plumbing the depths of random playground games. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026 The projects have ranged from custom built-ins to plumbing work and even an entire basement apartment. — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

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The legislation, which would have begun scaling back licenses for the occupation, was stalled in 2025.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
This is one shape of [a] research project of systematizing and scaling up searching for useful new tools in large databases and DNA sequences.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

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The mixtape’s 29 tracks feature guests spanning a range of genres and levels of visibility.

— Abby Jones, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
The company continues to be organized around the three pillars of events and experiential production; creative and communications services, and influence, spanning media, public relations and cultural initiatives.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

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