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yawning

[yaw-ning] / ˈyɔ nɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
gaping
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This yields a yawning gap of 112,000 monthly jobs, on average, between what the Labor Department first reported and analysts’ projections so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

And while the money did close some of the early, yawning deficit Cornyn was facing against Paxton in preliminary polling, it hardly has put his opponents away.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

Hart keeps up a steady stream of anecdotes and witty repartee, but increasingly the mask slips; underneath it all is the yawning realization that he is utterly alone.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Several men on the jury looked away, one yawning.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Behind him and Spurge there was nothing but a railing and a yawning chasm.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




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