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
Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Beard said investigators will delve into those elements before submitting the investigation to the district attorney’s office.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The problem, according to meeting minutes, was that the application did not delve deep enough into how the building fit into the history of watchmaking or how the then innovative open-floor plan fit into broader architectural trends.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Exhibits delve deeper into themes of artwork, metalwork and more.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Detecting a single photon is difficult, but as scientists delve into the quantum realm, even microwave photons can make a difference.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Apr. 2026
Beard said investigators will delve into those elements before submitting the investigation to the district attorney’s office.
—Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
The problem, according to meeting minutes, was that the application did not delve deep enough into how the building fit into the history of watchmaking or how the then innovative open-floor plan fit into broader architectural trends.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
Exhibits delve deeper into themes of artwork, metalwork and more.
—Susan McDonald, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
Noun
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Steel support pillars driven into the caves have caused rust and iron pollution in the water.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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Mexico’s Underwater Caves Yield Glimpse Into the Past The remains were found 26 feet (8 meters) below the surface, roughly 656 feet (200 meters) into the cave.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Most cities cannot excavate their way to safety fast enough.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Greenberg was excavating there around the same time CBS' Bob Simon visited in 1980.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.—
Elizabeth Heath,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Mar. 2026
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Its caverns reach higher than 65 stories and stretch as wide as one and a half football fields — large enough to contain the Great Pyramid of Giza.—
Brit McCandless Farmer,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Their claws are longer than those of black bears, and used for digging and scraping.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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The approach has been introduced in other outer boroughs, because with every additional acre the city expands capacity without digging another mile of pipe.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This one-bedroom Airbnb is on the ground floor of the villa and showcases the building’s original soaring stone arches and curved ceilings that evoke an ancient grotto.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
30 Mar. 2026
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Its attractions include a mossy, cool grotto of ferns as well as vast views of Ashdown Forest and distant towns.—
Amy Waldman,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Break Up the Soil Use a garden rake and shovel to remove weeds, rocks, and dead grass.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
3 Apr. 2026
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Multiple politicians from several countries are shoveling propaganda at an electorate in order to build terror of an enemy that doesn’t exist at all.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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