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
  • The salary for the position spans from a floor of $500,000 up to $1.3 million annually.
    Terina Allen, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The most at-risk region spans from New Orleans, Louisiana, through Jackson and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and into Birmingham, Alabama.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In my experience, this is especially true of first-time and passionate entrepreneurs who have not yet learned how to manage the teams that are so critical to building and scaling their business to keep up with competitors and constantly changing customer demands.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Affordable housing challenges To salvage the project and avoid returning more than $24.6 million to the state, council members talked about either scaling back the project’s first phase or asking the state housing agency for more funding.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
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  • 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
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  • Businesses can gauge interest and move potential clients through the sales funnel by tracking how prospects interact with content, webinars or email campaigns over time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • One area of focus is a protein called AMPK which, among other things, gauges the amount of energy available to the cell and helps to conserve and free up energy when necessary.
    Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • That comedy, about a father who becomes a serial killer that sucks victims into his rectum, also plumbed an unserious premise for droll laughs and modest surprises.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
  • As far as telling them apart, the big difference between a scullery and a butler's pantry is that a butler's pantry is not plumbed, where a scullery is. 3 Ways To Use A Scullery Not just used for dishwashing, the possibilities are endless for this second kitchen.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Replumb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/replumb. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.

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