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yawning

adjective as in gaping

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adjective as in profound

adverb as in agape

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The stock market has hit a speed bump, not a yawning vortex of doom, as investors question the valuations of top tech and artificial intelligence stocks.

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The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attaining power, ascending to leadership and freshening Democrats’ image and agenda.

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Day turned to night, and the wolves started yawning.

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The government is scrambling to implement spending cuts and push through measures to narrow this yawning budget deficit to under 5% of gross domestic product.

Since then, Macron has churned through three different prime ministers, struggling to pass annual budgets and narrow the country’s yawning deficit.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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