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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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The quiet yet luxurious hue spans room sizes and design styles, yet is subtle enough to serve as a neutral while adding a hint of color.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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The facility spans nearly 500 acres and supports around 4,000 personnel — a mix of U.S. and allied military and civilian staff.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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Tracking and Iterating: Use impact reporting to refine and scale programs effectively.—
Raghvendra Tripathi,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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Rightly so, because the queue is an attraction unto itself – jaw-dropping, built to scale and packed with details from the films.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Verb
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Green gage plums Green gage plums were my father’s favorite and are thought to have originated in Armenia.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2024
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Early voting data is being analyzed to better predict the outcome of the election, with different trends being pulled out to gage a better understanding of whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will be victorious on November 5.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Nov. 2024
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Investors and economic policymakers pore over surveys like these, which can help gauge economic conditions sooner than official government data can.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Critics of the new requirements say that while the questions don’t explicitly ask candidates about their political preferences, which is prohibited under federal law, they can be used to gauge applicants’ political leanings.—
Maria Gracia Santillana Linares,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Its most beautiful and bracing imagery is that of cotton fields plumbed by sharecroppers, endless skies and dusty roads, the verdant expanse of a land that has witnessed so much sorrow.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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And the authors, who were in their late 20s and early 30s when the show was new, seem to have been skittish about plumbing their caver’s scarier emotions.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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