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clough

[kluhf] / klʌf /
NOUN
chasm
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cleavage crater crevasse fissure gorge ravine rift schism void
STRONG
abysm alienation arroyo blank breach cavity cleft clove flume gulch gulf hiatus hole hollow omission opening oversight preterition rent skip split yawn
Antonyms
STRONG
closing closure remembrance solid
WEAK
junction juncture
NOUN
cleft
Synonyms
STRONG
aperture arroyo breach canyon chasm chink cleavage clove crack cranny crevasse crevice fissure fracture gorge gulch opening ravine rent rift rima rime schism slit
WEAK
rimation
Antonyms
STRONG
closing closure
WEAK
solid
NOUN
gorge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
canyon chasm crevasse ravine
STRONG
abyss arroyo cleft clove fissure flume gap glen gulch pass

Example Sentences

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Clough added, "As microplastic researchers looking for microplastics in the environment, we're searching for the needle in the haystack, but there really shouldn't be a needle to begin with."

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Despite this challenge, Clough and McNeil, working with graduate student Eduardo Ochoa Rivera and statistics professor Ambuj Tewari, developed methods to separate true microplastics from glove-related contamination.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

And the two-time former European champions, with a squad containing Stuart Pearce, Roy Keane, Steve Stone and Nigel Clough went down in legendary boss Brian Clough's final season in charge.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

But extending their first European campaign since 1995-96 would be a notable feat for a club starved off continental success since the Brian Clough era.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The first circuit court was held in June, 1883, Hon. S. S. Clough, presiding.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman