Thesaurus results for FATHOM

fathom

verb

as in to plumb

to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels

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Recent Examples of fathom The immediate challenge The scope of destruction is hard to fathom. —

Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025 That amount of data is difficult to fathom, but the National Human Genome Research Institute puts it into perspective: One single human genome produces 200 gigabytes of data, equivalent to 200 DVDs of the 1975 film Jaws. —

Alexis Kayser, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 The devastation is hard to fathom, even for those of us living in it. —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 11 Jan. 2025 Again, this is just disastrous for the Suns to even have to fathom this as a realistic reality. —

Evan Sidery, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fathom

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Verb

Subsequent Maxine projects have also plumbed the problematic pasts of once-dominant brands with considerable access to key people involved.

— Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
The big picture: Emergency responders deployed overnight Wednesday, plumbing the watery grave left by the collision between American Airlines flight #5342 and one of the Army's Black Hawk helicopters.

— Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025