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Recent Examples of plumbed
Outside, the large outbuilding has not yet been used for specific projects, but Steward explained the structure is fully insulated, plumbed for water, and wired for 100-amp electrical service.
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Des Moines Register, 19 Jan. 2026
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
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
Toews has long plumbed the calamities and contradictions of her biography in her fiction.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Des Moines Register, 19 Jan. 2026
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
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
Toews has long plumbed the calamities and contradictions of her biography in her fiction.
—Kristen Martin, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumbed
Verb
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The search was scaled down, and her bereft parents, Carole and Vince, went home to their three boys.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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Greenpeace members scaled a chemical plant's smokestack to protest toxic pollution in 1981, and occupied a North Sea oil platform in 1995.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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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
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Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success.—
Tim Graham,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The script launched the duo into a prolific run in studio animation that has spanned more than a decade.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2026
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The institution in recent months suffered a $102 million jewel theft and learned of the possible loss of an additional $12 million through a ticket fraud scheme believed to have spanned a decade.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Plumbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumbed. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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