Thesaurus results for PLUMBS

plumbs

verb

present tense third-person singular of plumb

as in spans

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 plumbs Maurizio Cattelan, who also wielded a banana with profound memetic effectiveness, is one of the few other artists whose work has this kind of stickiness, but his recent sculptures have leaned more on the public’s appetite for stunts, whereas Rødland plumbs more mysterious depths. —

Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026 This documentary plumbs the issue in a personal, entertaining and thought-provoking way. —

Randy Myers, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026 With her steadfast vision and the solid craftsmanship of the clothes, Trotter plumbs still waters to conjure a universe in which control and release coexist. —

Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025

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Coverage at Interesting Engineering spans emerging technologies, novel manufacturing methods, and unconventional approaches to long-standing problems.

— Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
The class spans 55 scholarly disciplines and artistic fields, with fellows chosen from a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 14 Apr. 2026