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chasm

[kaz-uhm] / ˈkæz əm /


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Yet some users saying goodbye this week lamented the chasm that would be left after their companions vanish.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

The wide chasm between what Americans think about their job prospects and the relatively low unemployment rate yields an inescapable conclusion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

A chasm had opened between the network of increasingly corporate-minded nonprofit theaters and the artists this system was built to serve.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

She decided that a 29-point deficit in the second half was simply too wide of a chasm to overcome, even for a Knicks team in the middle of a magical playoff run.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

But there’s nothing on the other end of the line, a silent chasm of nothing.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But still, 250 years after the Revolution, the British monarchy somehow avoids these partisan chasms endemic throughout the rest of American society.

From Slate Apr. 28, 2026

Microscopic chasms forming a sea of conical jagged peaks stipple the surface of a material called black silicon.

From Science Daily Apr. 16, 2024

Soil particles fall into these gaps too, enlarging the chasms and facilitating the collection of more water.

From National Geographic Oct. 10, 2023

Scientists have found them deep in ocean chasms, and in volcanic vents, glaciers, caves and mines.

From Scientific American Sep. 8, 2023

Geologists had proposed that the current shape of the earth—its rocks, chasms, and mountains—had been created by the transmutation of previous elements.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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