replumb

verb

Definition of replumbnext
as in to remeasure

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Recent Examples of replumb 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
  1. remeasure
  2. span
  3. scale
  4. gauge
  5. plumb
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of remeasure
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  • The kingdom spanned several hundred years until it was annexed into British Ceylon in 1815.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • As the kingdom plans for life after oil, crude has become a muse, with art spanning the eras before, during, and after it.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of span
Verb
  • Here, the company’s founder and president of the board Carlos Pereira de Souza discusses DelRio’s competitive advantages, its plans to further scale its business and what sets Brazil apart as a sourcing destination.
    — SJ Studio, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • As adoption scales from a pilot of a few hundred employees to thousands of AI agents running continuously across customer service, product data and supply chain workflows, token costs become a bigger deal.
    — Adrian Carr, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of scale
Verb
  • Willcox found a very low-tech but effective way of gauging the state of the Spanish team.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • These platforms, which allow bettors to place wagers on virtually everything, are serving as a new way to gauge public sentiment.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of gauge
Verb
  • There is no reading of the statute under which enforcing the Building Code includes plumbing a restaurant’s kitchen.
    — Fabiola Stuyvesant, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will soon join the ranks of iconic observatories like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes – plumbing the far reaches of the cosmos to answer some of life's greatest mysteries.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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