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
  • Croatan spans 160,000 acres and includes pine forests, saltwater estuaries, bogs, and raised swamps.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
  • His responsibilities span Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance programs under the Affordable Care Act.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Start small, solve a real problem, and scale strategically.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The Trump administration, among other things, has moved to close Social Security Administration field offices, cut funding for government health programs and scale back protections for transgender people.
    Philip Marcelo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
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
  • In that time, she’s figured out how to gauge her resume red and green flags and what those could mean about candidates.
    Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
  • While the metric continues to be a way to gauge interest, exhibitors and attendees are increasingly using the events for education and networking.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • His boundless contempt for it plumbed a new low with an executive order demanding, among other things, that everyone must show proof of citizenship before being allowed to register or update their voting registrations.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Steeped in tradition, such companies offer rich histories to plumb.
    Julie Belcove, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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