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Recent Examples of fathom
The man noted the large sum was hard to fathom.
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Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
That’s hard to fathom … especially from the catcher position — which is a grind.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Doe’s statement to police was almost too horrible to fathom.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel can't fathom why Trump is ahead in several crucial swing states.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
That’s hard to fathom … especially from the catcher position — which is a grind.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
In 2021, Doe’s statement to police was almost too horrible to fathom.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Jimmy Kimmel can't fathom why Trump is ahead in several crucial swing states.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathom
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At less than two hours of total run time, Brian and Maggie only has so much space to plumb the intricacies of Thatcher’s term in office, or its impact on wider British and global society.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Much as Wes Anderson and Yorgos Lanthimos have plumbed Dafoe’s deliciously wicked sense of humor in pieces that straddle the line between the real and the archly stylized, Solnicki understands that a strong Dafoe performance must always teeter between the two.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Her leadership was instrumental in scaling OpenAI from a research organization to one of the most important AI companies in the world.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
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Building the next Spotify Momentum – and the ability to constantly iterate – often comes down to bagging cash to scale.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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Our coverage spans top industry news, retail trends, head-to-toe fashion, athletic and outdoor analysis, and more.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
3 Oct. 2025
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Beyond the massive servers, researchers estimate that tens of millions of active servers span topics such as sports and study groups—proof that the app’s chat, voice and livestream tools have outgrown their gaming roots.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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