replumbed

verb

past tense of replumb
as in scaled

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  1. scaled
  2. spanned
  3. gauged
Verb
  • Some lawmakers are calling for the incentive to be scaled back or eliminated altogether.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Mulroney, 62, joined the show to fill the gap in the fire station after Eamonn Walker scaled back his role as Chief Wallace Boden after 12 seasons.
    — Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Definition of scaled
Verb
  • Previously, the definition of a typical exchange transaction spanned a full transfer window.
    — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 July 2026
  • There’s only a faint link between the two, reinforcing the idea that Neanderthals likely spanned an intelligence spectrum that was comparable to that of their human neighbors.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 20 July 2026
Definition of spanned
Verb
  • At CalPERS, overall performance will be gauged against a passive reference portfolio of 75% global stocks and 25% bonds, though teams will also still have asset benchmarks that will be reported to the board.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026
  • But normality is gauged by behavior, an individual’s social life.
    — Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
Definition of gauged
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