replumb

as in to remeasure

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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. 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Marking the third zodiac sign in the wheel, Gemini season spans from May 20 to June 20 in 2025.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Peete's career spanned several decades and included significant coaching stints in both the NFL and college football.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Each person has a part to play in the overall goal, and each person’s goals can scale up and down from hourly to a five-year trajectory.
    Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • If corporate leaders complain about these directives’ effects on their bottom lines, Trump’s team could force CISA to scale back its use of this authority.
    Eric Geller, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Assess their funding history and investor backing to gauge their long-term viability.
    Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This could be the most important chart to watch to gauge a potential breakdown, because a negative CMF reading would suggest a new distribution phase has begun.
    David Keller, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Richard Price plumbs the aftermath of an apartment building collapse in East Harlem in 2008.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Winter isn’t plumbing the moral abyss at the heart of violent men.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2024

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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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