Thesaurus results for REPLUMB

replumb

verb

Definition of replumb

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

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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
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 rooms Six spacious room types span a minimum of 475 square feet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
The entries span genres from horror and thriller to family drama and documentary, tackling subjects including Algeria’s civil conflict, Lebanon’s banking crisis, ISIS, migrant-worker exploitation, and life in Gaza.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of span

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Sustainable Fashion Forum founder Brittany Sierra will also address whether consumer demand can help scale next-generation materials.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
The fintech business is focused on scaling with the ambition of reaching unicorn status.

— Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of scale

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Georgia’s public school students who graduated this spring scored better than public school students nationwide on the SAT, the exam many colleges use to gauge potential academic performance.

— Eric Stirgus, AJC.com, 30 Sep. 2026
With initial flight tests complete, engineers have begun analyzing onboard telemetry to gauge the craft’s commercial limits.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of gauge

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There are some authors who plumb the roots of their own concerns or anxieties, while others work tirelessly to build worlds out of words and ideas.

— Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
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

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