plumbing

present participle of plumb
as in scaling
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 plumbing The home also arrives pre-installed with energy-efficient LED fixtures, 110V electrical outlets, and plumbing too—to take one more thing off your plate. Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for plumbing
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  • Meanwhile, clinics around the country are closing or scaling back services in the face of funding cuts, further limiting women’s options for in-person care.
    Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
  • In real life, Springsteen’s insistence on scaling back—with Landau’s support—may have saved his life, or at least his sanity.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • From Aldean’s career-spanning retrospective to Andrews’ breakthrough, the results underscore country’s constant evolution, where established stars and newcomers share the same scoreboards.
    Russ Penuell, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2025
  • What Kondo offers is a millennia-spanning philosophy for another way.
    Big Think, Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Plumbing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumbing. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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