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Recent Examples of replumb
California water officials are poised to release the first environmental review of a controversial project to replumb the delta — a plan in the works for decades that has alternately been called a water grab or a critical update to shore up state supplies.
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Rachel Becker, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022
Named for a president eager to replumb the West, Roosevelt Dam was completed in 1911, one year before Arizona became a state.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Rachel Becker, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 July 2022
Named for a president eager to replumb the West, Roosevelt Dam was completed in 1911, one year before Arizona became a state.
—Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for replumb
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Enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act required UPS to remeasure its UPS IBT Pension plan at current discount rates, which have increased since the previous measurement date.—
Walter Loeb,
Forbes,
27 Apr. 2021
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Petco groundskeepers may want to remeasure the distance from the plate to the fence.—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2020
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After six seasons at United — spanning the men’s team, the academy, and most recently three years with the women’s team — kit manager Jon Humble has left to take up the same role at Liverpool.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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The Gallery, spanning seven levels, is connected by a soaring atrium of floating cast medallion stairs.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
5 Sep. 2025
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The researchers plan to scale up production and refine the technology for clinical trials.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Musk transformed Tesla from a niche EV startup into the world's most valuable automaker, scaling production, expanding globally and pushing the industry toward electric mobility, while running several other companies including SpaceX and xAI.—
Akash Sriram,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The quickest way to gauge a workplace is to pay attention to how questions are received.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Many prominent Democrats are expected to run in the 2028 presidential election, and polls will continue to gauge Americans' views on the potential candidates.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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But the morning attack at Minneapolis’ Annunciation Church seemed to plumb unusually heinous depths of cruelty, even as crimes driven by religious bias continue to rise.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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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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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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