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Recent Examples of fathom
That makes his occasional struggle all the more difficult to fathom.
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Many novelists do, but her vision is more complex and difficult to fathom.
—Sheila Heti
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The problem is that this formulation is tough to fathom and even harder to operationalize.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Beach couldn’t fathom this conspiracy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
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Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Many novelists do, but her vision is more complex and difficult to fathom.
—Sheila Heti
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
The problem is that this formulation is tough to fathom and even harder to operationalize.
—Rachel Barr, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Beach couldn’t fathom this conspiracy.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fathom
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathom
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For nearly five decades, NASA's twin Voyager probes have plumbed the cosmos in search of answers to some of astronomy's most perplexing mysteries about our solar system and its place in the wider universe.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Toews has long plumbed the calamities and contradictions of her biography in her fiction.—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
27 Aug. 2025
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The researchers plan to scale up production and refine the technology for clinical trials.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Musk transformed Tesla from a niche EV startup into the world's most valuable automaker, scaling production, expanding globally and pushing the industry toward electric mobility, while running several other companies including SpaceX and xAI.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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After six seasons at United — spanning the men’s team, the academy, and most recently three years with the women’s team — kit manager Jon Humble has left to take up the same role at Liverpool.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Gallery, spanning seven levels, is connected by a soaring atrium of floating cast medallion stairs.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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