as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve
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Recent Examples of delve
Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Nov. 2025
This negotiation which is expected to deal with items from benefits, pay, travel lodging and more is also likely to delve into the topic of crew time worked as well.
—Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
This is not a world that Broadway musicals would typically delve into.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Nvidia is also keen to delve deeper into alternative markets after getting all but shut out of China.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Verb
The study didn’t delve into how participants consumed cannabis, such as smoking, ingesting edibles, or vaping.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Nov. 2025
This negotiation which is expected to deal with items from benefits, pay, travel lodging and more is also likely to delve into the topic of crew time worked as well.
—Keisha Rowe, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Nov. 2025
This is not a world that Broadway musicals would typically delve into.
—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Nvidia is also keen to delve deeper into alternative markets after getting all but shut out of China.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
Noun
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Great Basin encompasses more than 77,000 acres of stunning wilderness, including a cave system, alpine lakes, pinyon-juniper forests, and high altitude peaks.—
Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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The hotel sits above a deep valley, with ancient caves built into the cliffs.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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Among them, a hominin femur that was excavated from the cave bears teeth marks.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
7 Jan. 2026
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Recovering lost cultural history Malawi was a British colony when Hora 1 was first excavated in 1950, a time when archaeology seemed more like treasure hunting than science, Thompson said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Jan. 2026
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Ice Castles in Silverton and Cripple Creek are a beloved stop for Coloradans and visitors to celebrate winter with slides, towers, tunnels and caverns.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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One of the directors of the Chinese cave training, veteran astronaut Ye Guangfu, also participated in a 2016 CAVES training in a European cavern.—
Joe Wilkins Published Jan 8,
Futurism,
8 Jan. 2026
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Matt Byrne Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Jan. 2026
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Were the Browns supposed to dig themselves out of a multiyear hole in one season?—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Cedar Creek Spa, an 18,000-square-foot wellness wonderland, and its grotto pool alone are worth the visit.—
T.J. Olwig,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Dec. 2025
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For example, one Santa with hearing loss told grotto visitors that his cochlear implants were, in fact, microphones for speaking to their hardworking elves.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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But the mandates also help colleges shovel heaps of bureaucratic muck—validating data for accreditation, carrying out enrollment, flagging troubled students, aggregating metrics of all kinds.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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This will improve your ability to perform daily tasks like reaching the back seat of your car to grab an object, shoveling snow, or raking leaves.—
Jenny McCoy,
Outside,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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