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chasm

[kaz-uhm] / ˈkæz əm /


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So how could that chasm be so wide?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Rather than flattening payroll disparities, however, the gap between high-spending teams and small-market clubs has created a gaping chasm over the past three decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

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

Lyra, helpless, could only imagine what had happened: somehow Mrs. Coulter must have crossed that chasm, and followed her up here....

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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

“Afghanistan hasn’t been this safe in 20 years,” others declare, posing next to the vast chasms left behind by the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas more than 20 years ago.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2024

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

The landscape—at least what she could see of it—was rocky black plains, punctuated by jagged mountains and fiery chasms.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan


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