as in cave
a naturally formed underground chamber with an opening to the surface
a poem in which a medieval knight encounters a mysterious beauty in a darkened delve
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Recent Examples of delve
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The document also delved into a dispute between Uthmeier and Williams about whether the injunction should apply to law-enforcement officers across the state — a dispute that last week resulted in the judge finding Uthmeier in civil contempt.
—Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
However, when delving into the numbers involved in the deal, Boise State may only be on national television a couple of times a year.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2025
In 2023, researchers delved into recordings collected by six underwater microphones that were secured to the seafloor off the coast in 2008.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Noun
This report delves into FedEx’s recent performance and its current valuation.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
The document also delved into a dispute between Uthmeier and Williams about whether the injunction should apply to law-enforcement officers across the state — a dispute that last week resulted in the judge finding Uthmeier in civil contempt.
—Jim Saunders, Miami Herald, 24 June 2025
However, when delving into the numbers involved in the deal, Boise State may only be on national television a couple of times a year.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2025
In 2023, researchers delved into recordings collected by six underwater microphones that were secured to the seafloor off the coast in 2008.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for delve
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Politicians and observers gathered for the ceremony held in the ancient cave of Casene near the town of Sulaymaniyah, where about 30 men and women from the militant group placed their weapons in a large cauldron that was later set on fire.—
Gul Tuysuz,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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In The Rescue, Thai cave divers were spotlighted over the Indigenous local volunteers who led much of the initial effort.—
Time,
Time,
9 July 2025
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From 2004 to 2009, a team excavated the Neumark-Nord 2 site year-round, even training over 175 international students in the process.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
12 July 2025
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In time, settlers would excavate and plunder countless ancestral ruins across the Southwest, with artifacts carried off to private collections and museum displays.—
Mike Bezemek,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 July 2025
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Guest can discover the history and science of America’s natural caverns through educational and informative exhibits.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
2 July 2025
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During spring migration, recently hatched and newly mature moths move from the breeding grounds they were born in, to the distant, unfamiliar caverns.—
Lauren Leffer,
Popular Science,
18 June 2025
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Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
14 July 2025
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Circularity done properly is more efficient and cheaper than dig and dump.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Wind along sculpted griffins, a hilltop tempietto, fountains, a grotto, marble colonnades, a reflection pool and an amphitheater amid Hudson views.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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In the living room, where the family spends most of their time, Mc Adam again turned to the sea for inspiration, this time looking to 18th-century shell grottoes found in Irish coastal estates.—
Laura May Todd,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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The 41-year-old shoveled 70.5 hot dogs and buns into his mouth in just 10 minutes.—
Logan Holland,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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Carlyle shovels her walk and goes home, and the next day learns that Elizabeth Reuben committed suicide by leaving the gas on the night before.—
Benjamin Hale
June 23,
Literary Hub,
23 June 2025
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“Delve.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/delve. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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