fathoming

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Climate change is what philosopher Timothy Morton calls a hyperobject: something that so massively occupies space and time that our puny primate brains have trouble fathoming them.

From Salon • Dec. 31, 2025

But fathoming other universes is the essence of Theo’s job.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

Now, though some of the references have become more obscure with time, it’s hard to imagine anyone not fathoming the play’s gist.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

Medvedev had difficulty fathoming that he’d have to win the Australian Open every year until he was 34 to match Djokovic’s success there.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2021

She certainly did interest herself very much with lovers, fathoming all the little mysteries of their love-quarrels, and setting every thing quite straight, even when they seemed in inextricable confusion.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 4 October 1848 by Various