as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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as in to find
to come upon after searching, study, or effort
I might be able to dredge up some old baby clothes to donate
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Recent Examples of dredge
Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To make this happen, the port's access channels have been dredged using a zero-discharge dredging technique to minimize environmental impact.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the toxic sediment has been dredged, including in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and other sediment has been capped.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
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The result is that deep within Jupiter's atmosphere, there are patches of ammonia that fell as mush balls from storms raging dozens of miles above – and that ammonia will stay buried down there until the next big storm dredges it up.
—Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 3 Apr. 2025
To make this happen, the port's access channels have been dredged using a zero-discharge dredging technique to minimize environmental impact.
—New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
The illustrator dredged the depths of his own subconscious—and tapped into something collectively screwy in America.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2025
Some of the toxic sediment has been dredged, including in the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, and other sediment has been capped.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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