fathoms

present tense third-person singular of fathom
as in plumbs
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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scales
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  • Rather than owning hardware for such peaks, many AI-native companies are increasingly relying on cloud infrastructure that scales instantly, stretching across regions and edge locations based on data proximity and latency needs.
    Vincentas Grinius, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Models of star formation suggest the size of the jets scales with the size of the star producing them.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Fathoms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathoms. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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