Thesaurus results for FATHOMED

fathomed

verb

past tense of fathom

as in plumbed

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels

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Recent Examples of fathomed Neither Cadillac nor Lincoln, both originally manufactured in Detroit, could have fathomed their legacies. —

James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 This was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023. —

Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026 Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success. —

Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026 The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time. —

Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025 For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept. —

Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019

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Every day for more than 30 years, NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has plumbed the cosmos to unveil secrets and wonders lurking in every corner of the universe.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 28 May 2026
West Ham are relegated, sorry Spurs survive The odds were stacked against West Ham United beating relegation yesterday and even in a year when Tottenham Hotspur plumbed appallingly abject depths, few clubs deserved it more.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026