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Recent Examples of fathomed
Neither Cadillac nor Lincoln, both originally manufactured in Detroit, could have fathomed their legacies.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
This was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.
—Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
James Raia, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
This was a scene even the most loyal Indiana fans couldn’t have fathomed when Curt Cignetti was hired to coach major college football’s losingest program in 2023.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
Few would have fathomed that Poyer would be pivotal to the Bills’ success.
—Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
The big puzzles of today, including dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the matter-antimatter asymmetry, could hardly have been fathomed at the time.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
For reasons nobody has ever quite fathomed, people finally became receptive to the concept.
—Brian Santo, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathomed
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Outside, the large outbuilding has not yet been used for specific projects, but Steward explained the structure is fully insulated, plumbed for water, and wired for 100-amp electrical service.—
Des Moines Register,
Des Moines Register,
19 Jan. 2026
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Much as Wes Anderson and Yorgos Lanthimos have plumbed Dafoe’s deliciously wicked sense of humor in pieces that straddle the line between the real and the archly stylized, Solnicki understands that a strong Dafoe performance must always teeter between the two.—
Manuel Betancourt,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Over the past decade, those instincts have scaled up considerably.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2026
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The department also dismantled its Public Integrity Section, which was tasked with prosecuting public corruption, and greatly scaled back its focus on pursuing white-collar crime in favor of making immigration and narco-trafficking the priority.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Fathomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathomed. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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