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Recent Examples of fathom
Yet the only risk Lucy can fathom before this moment is the financial kind.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
For my generation, Gen Z, reaching such a milestone is hard to fathom, in large part because of the diverging politics of young men and women.
—Caroline Downey, National Review, 12 June 2025
In Great Britain, the home secretary couldn’t fathom what the war was all about.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Victor has only begun to fathom a future without her son.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 16 June 2025
For my generation, Gen Z, reaching such a milestone is hard to fathom, in large part because of the diverging politics of young men and women.
—Caroline Downey, National Review, 12 June 2025
In Great Britain, the home secretary couldn’t fathom what the war was all about.
—Zaakir Tameez
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Victor has only begun to fathom a future without her son.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathom
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Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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And the authors, who were in their late 20s and early 30s when the show was new, seem to have been skittish about plumbing their caver’s scarier emotions.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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While originally set to create upwards of 2,500 jobs once operational and bring a $3.5 billion dollar investment from Ford, the project has since been scaled back.—
Elyse Apel,
The Washington Examiner,
1 July 2025
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Senate Republicans have passed President Trump's signature domestic policy bill, setting the stage for a final vote in the House on legislation that would cut trillions of dollars in taxes while scaling back spending on Medicaid, food assistance and clean energy programs.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
1 July 2025
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The early morning attack saw 13 cables severed, spanning more than 2600 individual fibers, a Charter investigation found.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
1 July 2025
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The 30-month-long case, which thrust Idaho into the national spotlight, spanned several states as investigators searched for a suspect for nearly seven weeks.—
Alex Brizee,
Idaho Statesman,
1 July 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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