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Recent Examples of fathom
For a certain shopper, that hand feel is enough to validate a cost beyond anything a suburban dad could fathom.
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Even some players who don't watch basketball regularly couldn't fathom the Mavericks moving on from the face of their franchise.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
MicroStrategy’s eye-popping gains have stirred up a swarm of critics and short sellers unable to fathom how a tiny software company holding only $48 billion in actual bitcoin could have a market capitalization of $84 billion.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
The appeal of that to Ronaldo, long used to living his life in public, is not hard to fathom.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Jacob Gallagher, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Even some players who don't watch basketball regularly couldn't fathom the Mavericks moving on from the face of their franchise.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
MicroStrategy’s eye-popping gains have stirred up a swarm of critics and short sellers unable to fathom how a tiny software company holding only $48 billion in actual bitcoin could have a market capitalization of $84 billion.
—Nina Bambysheva, Forbes, 30 Jan. 2025
The appeal of that to Ronaldo, long used to living his life in public, is not hard to fathom.
—Rory Smith, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathom
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That comedy, about a father who becomes a serial killer that sucks victims into his rectum, also plumbed an unserious premise for droll laughs and modest surprises.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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As far as telling them apart, the big difference between a scullery and a butler's pantry is that a butler's pantry is not plumbed, where a scullery is. 3 Ways To Use A Scullery Not just used for dishwashing, the possibilities are endless for this second kitchen.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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In my experience, this is especially true of first-time and passionate entrepreneurs who have not yet learned how to manage the teams that are so critical to building and scaling their business to keep up with competitors and constantly changing customer demands.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Affordable housing challenges To salvage the project and avoid returning more than $24.6 million to the state, council members talked about either scaling back the project’s first phase or asking the state housing agency for more funding.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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The salary for the position spans from a floor of $500,000 up to $1.3 million annually.—
Terina Allen,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The most at-risk region spans from New Orleans, Louisiana, through Jackson and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and into Birmingham, Alabama.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Fathom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathom. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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