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chasm

[kaz-uhm] / ˈkæz əm /


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There’s a vast chasm between doing nothing and spending money trying to rehouse this relative and manage all his affairs.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 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

Never mind the gap, onlookers were marvelling at a sheer chasm in class between the two teams.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The cultural chasm between Europeans and Africans presented obstacles to conversion, and a long legacy of church practice forbidding the enslavement of fellow Christians provided grounds to leave slaves in unbelief.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

It stayed there, in the chasm between us, rustling in his hand.

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

Ahead, on the western horizon, clouds lay heaped and brilliant, riven with chasms of darkness, their tops drawn out in the high-altitude winds.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman




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