Thesaurus results for PLUMBED

plumbed

verb

past tense of plumb

as in scaled

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line plumbed the bay to make sure it was deep enough for the ship

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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. —

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

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With the war ongoing, gatherings have been scaled back or canceled, and even routine outings feel risky.

— Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
In the United States, some Iranian American communities also canceled or scaled back festivities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026