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Recent Examples of plumbs
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.
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Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Vogue, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumbs
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The charter lobby spans local education reformers and powerful city leaders to free-market conservatives, while traditional public schools have the support of teachers' unions, parent groups and even the Central Indiana Democratic Socialists of America.—
Marissa Meador,
IndyStar,
3 Feb. 2026
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Its mandate spans medical care, benefits processing under the Havana Act, research, and coordination with investigative elements examining potential causes.—
Olivia Gazis,
CBS News,
3 Feb. 2026
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Young boys cleaned test tubes, brawny machinists built gauges and mills, and scales delicate enough to weigh an inch of a spider's web.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
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The simulations relied on direct numerical simulation, a method that resolves all relevant turbulence scales without using modeling assumptions.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Plumbs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumbs. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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