as in to search
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something
I've been dredging my memory bank, and I simply can't remember her name
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Recent Examples of dredge
The Corps of Engineers dredges the harbor mouth annually and deposits the sand on the city’s northernmost beaches.
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Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
The Denver Post in 2022 published a three-part investigation that documented, for the first time, how local villagers dredged these valuable antiquities from a secret vault at the Plai Bat II temple in northeast Thailand and sold them to a burgeoning collector named Douglas Latchford.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
The first is and underwater underwater dredging machine which is remotely operated to dredge the river floor for marine and ecosystem studies, disaster prevention, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and eventually underwater mining.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Philip Diehl, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
This option returns the pond to its full former glory including sluice gate repair, dredging the full pond area and recreational enhancements to include 5.7 acres of open water and two fishing platforms.
—Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2024
The Denver Post in 2022 published a three-part investigation that documented, for the first time, how local villagers dredged these valuable antiquities from a secret vault at the Plai Bat II temple in northeast Thailand and sold them to a burgeoning collector named Douglas Latchford.
—Sam Tabachnik, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2025
The first is and underwater underwater dredging machine which is remotely operated to dredge the river floor for marine and ecosystem studies, disaster prevention, renewable energy, environmental conservation, and eventually underwater mining.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dredge
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In the decades since, a few teams of scientists have searched at even higher altitudes.—
Carl Zimmer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Feb. 2025
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The Ducks are demanding more attention to detail from the offensive specialist, and getting it, but Zegras is still searching for a way to hang on to the parts of his game that once separated him.—
Chris Johnston,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Trashing Yard Waste Every fall, gardeners and homeowners head out into their yards to rake their lawns and pile autumn leaves in trash bags on the curb.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Feb. 2025
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Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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Loose dry Once the hair has been towel-dried and combed through with a wide-toothed comb or detangling brush, use your hair dryer on low heat.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2025
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The discovery of Petito's remains came after law enforcement combed through a camping area in Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest and found human remains that were later confirmed to be Petito's.—
Jonathan Limehouse,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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In several respects, the survey found that Sacramento adults were less religious than Americans as a whole.—
Phillip Reese,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
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An annual survey from The Knot found that the average price of a wedding in the U.S. was $33,000 in 2024, a number that can grow or shrink significantly based on location, vendors, and number of guests.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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My drivers greeted me by name and verified my identity by asking for the last four digits of the phone number associated with my CATS-Pass account and scanning my digital ticket in the app.—
Mary Ramsey,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Feb. 2025
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First, the customary way of developing generative AI consists of doing a massive data training effort that involves scanning a wide swath of content on the Internet.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Dredge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dredge. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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